Hello All,
After reading this sobering update from Byron a few weeks back, I was thinking,
"She-it ... like the EMT's said, he's only still with us, at least in unmutilated form, because his 968 had this extra brace installed".
Yes, I'm doing this car on a budget, but as the shampoo commercial says,
"I'm worth it".
So, I was wondering how much they cost, did some looking and stumbled across one on eBay (not Byron's!). Long story short, I was low on project money, chewed my fingernails for a few days, then hit a quarterly bonus and was able to buy it before someone else did.
Looking at any 924/44/68, you can intuit that it's not exactly Volvo-like, strength wise, what with the C-pillar's not being connected by either a package shelf or rear cowl, and that bloody big bit of glass where other cars have more structure.
It's my first Brey-Krause purchase - I've seen their stuff on other cars - but it's beautifully TiG'd together. The seller packaged it carefully and included all the hardware in a baggie, just as I'd have done.
Ironically, I don't intend on installing harnesses in this car, so the bar won't be used as intended. Rather, it'll just be there to save my a$$ - or at least, mitigate the damage - should I happen to befall a similar fate as poor old Byron ... an increasingly likely eventuality given today's distracted, aggressive and generally cretinous drivers.
John