British Columbia DSM
GVRD - BC DSM Club => Specs, Techs & Reviews => Topic started by: Jordan Kruger on June 20, 2014, 10:00:02 pm
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Well, I was fortunate enough to see the work in progress, and I took some handy pics as an example to someone who is interested in having a cage or roll bar built in their 1g DSM
This also stands as a review of the quality job done by Dan (owner/operator) @ Pro Gas Engineering
To start this off, the guy is legit. and dont take shit. hahaha
Dan is excellent at what he does, and he uses quality tools and cad programs to map out the more complex jobs that he does.
now, anyone can throw some pipe up and weld it. But Dan offers CNC products too. He uses software to map out the cage and with all axis of the bends accounted for, all the pipe lengths, bend locations, offsets of bends etc.
I opted to run the front pillar bars down infront of the stock dash bar.
Some people go for the hidden look and they clear a path behind the dash bar and sqeak a pipe down with some funky bends.
I decided Ide make my job easier, aswell as Dans. The front bars are not going to be intrusive at all, I didnt need to take out my windshield, And Ill just have to trim the dash accordinly. Ill take my time and make it look as best as I can. But honestly.... who can criticize a car that is more go than show! atleast Im putting a dash back in!
Heres some pics!
(http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r573/jordankruger/IMAG1989_zpsffb180d1.jpg)
(http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r573/jordankruger/IMAG1985_zps4447b54f.jpg)
(http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r573/jordankruger/IMAG1977_zps04962a08.jpg)
(http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r573/jordankruger/IMAG1973_zpsa21df8df.jpg)
(http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r573/jordankruger/IMAG1972_zps42f5ecb1.jpg)
(http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r573/jordankruger/IMAG1971_zps39964070.jpg)
(http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r573/jordankruger/IMAG1969_zps07a4bf2b.jpg)
(http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r573/jordankruger/IMAG1980_zps0ef9445a.jpg)
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Hey I know this guy.. from the old street drag racing days...
Did the bars for my blue Monto Carlo (don't laugh it ran 10.0 all day)
I can remember him using a broom to figure out how the bars should go.
I am very fussy about bars getting in the way.
Kudos to him for sticking to his passion.
Must be very good by now.
PS: is that the guy with the bald spot on his head???
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Yup thats Dan the man!
Hes definitely good at what he does. All of his custom fabrication looks awesome.
So does his custom 54 chevy bel air with some 500 sumthin CI motor. haha
Im glad I went with Pro Gas.
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whoa post is ten days old and dans the only one to comment on this. its a thing of beauty.
thats bad ass your dash going back in or are you keeping her class b rally look?
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Im going to trim the dash on the ends and slide it back into place. Dan @ Pro Gas did a good job of tucking the bar really tight to the door jam, so the dash should fit really nice with some trimming.
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did they have to remove the front windshield to weld ?
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Nope. If I ran the bars infront of the stock dash support bar, then the windshield would have had to come out. I got Dan to run the bars as tight as possible to the support bar instead.