Thomas wrote:Thanks for all the messages. I am a little confused why everyone uses the word "side mount". My roll bar, designed for the TR7, has top mounting brackets and bottom mounting brackets that are vertical. Ain't no side anything. What is everyone referring to?
Tom
Thomas, this is how the standard Aley type roll bar that most folks have looks when its fitted in the car. We welded some captive nuts on a plate which is then welded to the car for the side mountings. See pictures earlier in this post. The top mounts through the parcel shelf with two bolts and you can safely drill there for the bolts - but do it carefully! Its a bit of a fiddle to reach up underneath for the plates/washers/bolts with the tank in but I did mine OK.
Now you describe a different kind of mounting for the main hoop with a plate on the floor so you are going to need something to spread the load welded to the floor so you could use captive welded nuts on the back of it.