Factory roll bar

[teeitup]

Can someone show me a pic of a factory roll bar please, I found a parts jimmy and the guy says its a factory roll bar, but I don't think it is. Thanks Randy

[brinegar]

Randy,
I have a factory roll bar on my blazer, but its is 900 miles away in a garage. They aren't the prettiest things ever made. It consists of three pieces when taken apart and has kind of an angle on the base where it attaches to the bed. Hope this helps.
Bill B

[donkey69]

I'm pretty sure the factory bar is one piece.....bolts flat to the floor behind the front seats and the two back legs bolt to the front of the rear wheelwells. Mine is buried under the parts pile right now....I'll see if I can find a pic!

[71RestoRod]

I've seen so many different versions of these rollbars, I don't really know at this point what / which are "factory" stock. I have seen single piece, bolt on rear legs with large radius bends at the top, bolt on with a smaller radius bends at the top... the one thing they all seem to have in common is that they all bolt down in front of the rear wheel well. I can't believe that with the bazillion Blazer pics I have on my hard drive, I can't find a single good pic of what I call a factory bar. They are all obscured by the top or some other thing.

Isn't VTBlazer's roll bar a factory style?

[badpeanut]

TTT. I am also interested.

[Musclerodz]

If someone don't beat me to it, I will post a couple pics of the original bar in my '69 tommorrow.

Mike

[blazerparts]

I don't know if mine is factory or not, it's a three piece. I think there may be a pic or two of it in a interior rebuild thread........page 4 I think.

[VinceY]

Originally Posted by donkey69

I'm pretty sure the factory bar is one piece.....bolts flat to the floor behind the front seats and the two back legs bolt to the front of the rear wheelwells. Mine is buried under the parts pile right now....I'll see if I can find a pic!

I have heard Donkey69's version called a factory rollbar also.

The attached pictures show my rollbar in the PO truck. I have heard this style call factory also by a guy with the same one.

And then there is another style that has the rear legs bolting into the top of the rear wheel wells. I actually set one of these into my blazer it fit nice but I liked the one in the pics better so a friend got that one.
Confused????

[70rs/ss]

Originally Posted by VinceY

I have heard Donkey69's version called a factory rollbar also.

The attached pictures show my rollbar in the PO truck. I have heard this style call factory also by a guy with the same one.

And then there is another style that has the rear legs bolting into the top of the rear wheel wells. I actually set one of these into my blazer it fit nice but I liked the one in the pics better so a friend got that one.
Confused????

Thats a pict of my old Blazer. I sold it to 6t8 in Tucson, how did you get a pict to post? That is a factory roll bar in that Blazer.

[Alexis]

the rollbar in the picture is a SmittyBuilt Roll bar. I know cause I had one and bought one new. They stopped making them.

The O.E. were small tube and bolted to the front of the rear inner fender.

[LUV2XCLR8]

Originally Posted by Alexis

The O.E. were small tube and bolted to the front of the rear inner fender.

Yeppers, this is a bad pic, sorry, but it attaches to the front slope
of the fenders, if you look close you can see the rear bars, the top
bar as a very slight arch in it at the midway point, and it is smaller
dia tubing like Alexis said, it has 4 bolts per plate on each fender, I
included a second pic, you can see the bolts if you look under the
wheelwell, like I said it is mounted on the front slope of fenders

*I can untarp it later and get better pic's if you guys want me too

[70rs/ss]

Originally Posted by Alexis

the rollbar in the picture is a SmittyBuilt Roll bar. I know cause I had one and bought one new. They stopped making them.

The O.E. were small tube and bolted to the front of the rear inner fender.

Holy crappers, that looks better than the stock one!!(smitty built) I have one in my new Blazer that looks very crappy at best, that must mean it is the original!!

[VinceY]

Originally Posted by 70rs/ss

Thats a pict of my old Blazer. I sold it to 6t8 in Tucson, how did you get a pict to post? That is a factory roll bar in that Blazer.

The pictures were from 6T8 in Tucson. My parents picked up the roll bar from him in December and brought it back.
Here is another picture of the roll bar in Calgary, AB. Canada.
It is now sitting on my garge floor waiting to get painted.

[70rs/ss]

Originally Posted by VinceY

The pictures were from 6T8 in Tucson. My parents picked up the roll bar from him in December and brought it back.
Here is another picture of the roll bar in Calgary, AB. Canada.
It is now sitting on my garge floor waiting to get painted.

D@mn again! I just PM'd him about getting that rollbar back!? I have one in my new Blazer, but it is stockish and it sucks. I can probably build one, but for now I want something to protect my melon.

[71RestoRod]

Originally Posted by 70rs/ss

Thats a pict of my old Blazer. I sold it to 6t8 in Tucson, how did you get a pict to post? That is a factory roll bar in that Blazer.

Sorry... beg to differ... please feel free to corret me if I'm wrong.. but that's a pic of a Smittybilt aftermarket rollbar. Model BL409. Been looking for one for a long time now.

[Dan72cst]

Here's mine

[Medicanman71]

dan72 i have the same one, which i believe is the "orig" not the smittybuilt one all of the rest of you are busting one in your pants over... I dont think they look likes pieces of crap, and small tube? whats the diameter of the smitty built ones.... **** its night but i should go take a pic of mine and measure it to see how "small tube" it is..



Where your backing plates at luvy? It's ok, i'm sure alot of other members dont have them either, and i dont even play around, mines not even bulted in currently...

[teeitup]

THANKS guys for the pics, I'm pretty sure the one in the jimmy is homemade, I wish it was one of the 2 kinds you guys are talking about. Thanks again, Randy

[LUV2XCLR8]

Originally Posted by Medicanman71

Where your backing plates at luvy?

What's it look like? I may have em in a box somewhere

[Medicanman71]

its a metal plate that goes between the fender and the nuts with 4 holes for the bolts in each corder, god for bid you should roll, it keeps the nuts on the bults from pulling through the fenders Like a massive 4 in 1 square washer i guess

[Dan72cst]

Actually I think mine was dealer installed as its not listed on the glove box sticker. In fact I have never seen a roll bar listed. Mine came from Vic Hickeys (Chevy Engineer) catolog that I believe a lot of dealers used. My roll bar light is also in there.

[71RestoRod]

Originally Posted by Dan72cst

Actually I think mine was dealer installed as its not listed on the glove box sticker. In fact I have never seen a roll bar listed. Mine came from Vic Hickeys (Chevy Engineer) catolog that I believe a lot of dealers used. My roll bar light is also in there.

That's cool, Dan72. It's actually the first time I've seen a factory (OEM) bar mentioned in print (family bar attaches to Hickey or stock OEM).

[TX72K5]

I would have to agree with Alexis. The roll bar which bolts behind the rear wheel is not factory. I bought two of those (Smittybuilt) in the past for different Blazers. I also have one in the 72 Blazer I just bought. Mike

[71jimmy]

I WANT ONE OF THOSE FAMILY BARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It says, will fit 69-73 roll bars, interesting.

Cool catalogue, how many pages is it? Can you post all the pages for it? Would like to make copies of it, if it's alright with you.

[LUV2XCLR8]

Originally Posted by 71jimmy

Cool catalogue, how many pages is it? Can you post all the pages for it?
Would like to make copies of it, if it's alright with you.