Thread: Internal Cages

My thinking was that, from all the research I did, a barrier is supposed to act as a sort of big metal net and deform during an impact, absorbing the energy instead of transferring it to the vehicle body, hence the little not-very-strong-looking flat metal mounts many of them have, sometimes with ripples to straighten under load.

The other thing I forgot to mention was that a Rangie won't have nearly the amount of stuff in the back compared to something like a Troopie, so it would probably be a few hundred kilos compared to several hundred. So my barrier, which has six mounting points, is meant to be a rigid part of the body, acting as a barrier and also as a roof support. And the other thing was that I read somewhere on here about a rollover where the body flattened, the rear seats became unfastened and folded, and two children in the back were killed. Since I carry two children in the back of this ancient car, I wanted to make sure the roof was supported.

I'd love to have an engineer or three have a look at it all but they are as common as snowballs up here, unfortunately. I'm sure that having said this, several in the area will suddenly appear!

Yikes! That sounds pretty bad. Photos would be very much appreciated. It was really hard to find anything on the internet when I was designing my barrier a couple of years ago, trying to figure out what happened with these cars in a rollover.