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Take this from a crusty old rodder.....the rust you can see is only 10% of what's there.
Make it easy on yourself and begin with a Southwestern car.
Take this from a crusty old tech inspector....
Have a shop build your cage that does a bunch of NHRA cages as their specialty, preferable close to an NHRA chassis certification inspector who can go to the shop and tag your car before you pick it up. You would not believe the number of cars I have had to trailer because of illegal cages.

Cage is no problem, haven't had 1 to fail certification yet. I'll just do a mild steel good for 8.50 if I manage to get this project done. I kinda like doing all I can myself, I don't have a bunch of money. When I started drag racing, I found myself learning to do body work, chassis work, and everything else. Took awhile, made some mistakes, but the only way I could afford to do it was to learn. Plus it's alot of fun.

Originally Posted by techinspector1

Take this from a crusty old rodder.....the rust you can see is only 10% of what's there.
Make it easy on yourself and begin with a Southwestern car.
Take this from a crusty old tech inspector....
Have a shop build your cage that does a bunch of NHRA cages as their specialty, preferable close to an NHRA chassis certification inspector who can go to the shop and tag your car before you pick it up. You would not believe the number of cars I have had to trailer because of illegal cages.

I have this issue with my Corvette. There are a couple of bars that aren't how the book wants them done. So, at some point I have to redo them if I want to go real fast.