Crash Course
Q Thanks for printing my question about mounting my gas tank in my DeSoto trunk.
Anyway, this question is about safety bars in the doors of street rods. I may be wasting my time but is there a set way to add rectangular tubing between the door glass and the outer doorskin? Again, this may be overkill, but the DeSoto doors are so light and thin (18-gauge doorskins inside and out), it seems a natural for door rigidity, and some added crash safety, to add a couple of heavy wall tubes welded to the door hinge post and striker frame inside the suicide doors on both sides of the glass. Your thoughts?
Tom Kees Redding, CA
A Nobody likes to think about being in an automobile accident, particularly in a street rod, but unfortunately it does happen, so your idea certainly has merit.
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STREET SHAKER
Jeff Norwell’s ’32 Ford Pickup Breathes Fire with a 422ci Hemi V-8
Valley Custom Forged the Path for Many a Rod and Custom
It must go with the territory … as one gains experience, one realizes just how much one doesn’t know.
NEXT GENERATION
THE START FAMILY’S ’33 FORD TUDOR BRINGS A NEW GENERATION INTO HOT RODDING
THAT 60'S SHOW
PETE’S COMP COUPE DREAMS CAME REAL
Digital Doin's
Our '55 Ford Gets a Custom Digital Dash
LIKE FATHER … LIKE SON
THE DOMINGUE ’57 CHEVY DELRAY
BEST FORD IN A FORD
TAKING THE OUTDOOR AWARD, CAN 600 HP IN A ’57 FORD BE SUBTLE … YES
A CAUSE OF ACTION
THE ULTIMATE FAIRLANE COMES WITH A 427 SOHC
COWA BUNGA!
THE SEXIEST ORTHOPEDIC SHOE EVER
50TH NSRA STREET ROD NATIONALS
A GREAT DEAL OF HISTORY WAS ON VIEW FOR ALL TO SEE … AND REFLECT
