Smash2.0 K5 resurrection

Conceptualizing.
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I have a question on the door bars & I'm not any kind of expert. With one end of the door bar being loose (latch end) doesn’t that make it dangerous in an accident. I’m imagining a T bone type scenario where the bar is pushed into the occupant right next to it. Or a hard roll where the bar comes in contact with a rock or tree. I have hip bars in my cage for this reason and feel comfortable with their design since they are welded at either end. Perhaps my confidence is misplaced…

Like I said, I’m not an expert and not throwing shame. I’m just trying to wrap my head around the safety aspect. Additionally, I have a project in the wings that will need a cage designed for it.
 
archie40 said:
I have a question on the door bars & I'm not any kind of expert. With one end of the door bar being loose (latch end) doesn’t that make it dangerous in an accident. I’m imagining a T bone type scenario where the bar is pushed into the occupant right next to it. Or a hard roll where the bar comes in contact with a rock or tree. I have hip bars in my cage for this reason and feel comfortable with their design since they are welded at either end. Perhaps my confidence is misplaced…

Like I said, I’m not an expert and not throwing shame. I’m just trying to wrap my head around the safety aspect. Additionally, I have a project in the wings that will need a cage designed for it.
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Good question. The double locking latch captures the stud inside of it and when the mount is finished there will be a secondary capture to the bar for emergencies. I’m not going to claim that the bar won’t intrude into the passenger compartment, however it will take an extreme incident and the perfect shape of rock to have that happen. On a long enough timeline all instances are possible, such is the law of averages.
If this was a race car then I would have welded a bar across put in another bar that would make it look like a wing window and diagonal bars from there to the floor mounts as speed would become the driving factor for a extreme situation. Wanting more of a wheeler and driver and knowing that my wife is not going to climb through the window ( previous truck was that way) I thought this is good compromise. In a rollover or flop that bar will help keep occupants from semi ejection while making the concession of ease of entry.
 
Thanks for the thoughtful response. It’s the compromise of a wheeler that get driven around others that leads me down this path of logic. As you implied there is no perfect solution and I understand your logic. I’ll continue to dream about my next build. Thanks
 
McBastard79 said:
The cradle is a great idea.
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It’s all in the design of the removable floor sections. In the event that a driveshaft is compromised on the trail the need to access the driveline bolts at the transfer case can be made from above. The skidplate is huge and I want to leave it in place. The rear bolts are under the small triangular floor plate. The removable floor sections are even large enough to pull the transfer case up through if needed, you never know.
 
Cadillac Escalade power heated seats. Paid 30 bucks for these and they work! Paid 300$ for fitted outdoor fabric seat covers for them.
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That seat cradle is an awesome idea. I think I’m going to need to do something similar.
 
Don't get in the make specific sections much but randomly checked out this build. Sweet build and thank you for sharing. Sub'd.
 
McBastard79 said:
Cool extended cab chevy. What are your plans for it?
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It’s a 90 but someone swapped in a 96 Tahoe motor and trans as well as the wire harness and computer and dash. It has a 96 interior basically. It’s kinda dirty and beat up so gonna clean it up and do some detail work to the SAS and maybe daily drive it.
 
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