My kit came with a roll cage. After a lot of thought however I decided to remove it.

A roll cage is a good thing in a GT40 as the A pillars are almost non-existent. I’ve heard tales of GT40-inexperienced passengers cracking the screen by using the A pillar to grab on to.

There is a big but here. Only if you are religious about wearing a helmet. Even a minor bump without one could result in “life changing” head injuries. There is next to no clearance in the GT40 and I personally felt the risk of hitting the roll cage in a minor bump was higher than the roll cage saving you (on the road).

There was only one issue however. I’m likely to want a cage in at some point if (when) I take it on track which is some what of an issue as even with the roll cage “removed” the stubs on the roll-over bar remain and are pretty much just as bad.

Plus it’s actually impossible to fit the roll cage without removing the spider and (almost certainly) impossible to remove the spider without breaking the windscreen.

A lot of thought later and I had a solution. First I cut off the stubs.

Then I took two identical strips, drilled 8 holes through both and welded in weld nuts to the back.

This was then welded onto the roll-over bar part of the roll cage to give this

The rear bulkhead was then trimmed round it. Now it protrudes but only very slightly.

With the window cut out it looks like this

I’ll put a bit of a cover over it however to blend it in more.

This will let me bolt in a cage if I want (I’ll have to be two part still) without removing the spider and without leaving the dangerous stubs.