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I had a rather expensive run-in with a large kangaroo a while ago. Now that the car is in one piece again, someone suggested I should install a 'roo bar. Here is the concept. What do you all think?
This is such a subjective call, so I say this with the utmost respect for anyone who happens to see it differently. If you ask me: no way. I find the AMCO bars to be in harsh contrast with the design of the car. If mine had them, it would have been the first thing to go.
The upper part should have curved horizontal bars like the bottom, no right angles if you can. It looks to much like a cop car with the right angles. You could always try braking for the roos too. It's tough with suicidal kangaroos though, I imagine.
If a roo bar with curved horizontal bars following the lines of the car would be too difficult, maybe the classic look would be good? Maybe you could find a headboard from an old brass bed, chrome it and attach it to the main bumper piece? A cowcatcher from an old locomotive would be cool too, though it might throw off the balance and handling of the car a bit. It would be helpful in getting micro cars out of the way for parking in the city though.
Why not simply add a lattice of powerful laser beam emitters to the front of the car? You wouldn’t need to ruin the look of the car so much and it could automatically slice and dice suicidal kangaroos so they are ready to throw on the barbie.
Dear me, I clicked on this subject expecting some serious discussion, and I am not disappointed. But to the OP, will ligth bar on full be enough to prevent such encounters? I travel at night from Geelong - Sydney and back, and there are a lot of roos along the way. No encounters yet, but I always worry about one jumping in front of the car or a wallaby resting in the middle of the road.
Dear me, I clicked on this subject expecting some serious discussion, and I am not disappointed. But to the OP, will ligth bar on full be enough to prevent such encounters? I travel at night from Geelong - Sydney and back, and there are a lot of roos along the way. No encounters yet, but I always worry about one jumping in front of the car or a wallaby resting in the middle of the road.
That’s nothing. Try driving through Glasgow on a Saturday night.
Why not simply add a lattice of powerful laser beam emitters to the front of the car? You wouldn’t need to ruin the look of the car so much and it could automatically slice and dice suicidal kangaroos so they are ready to throw on the barbie.
How about lasers coming out of the leaper's eyes. Not too hot, just enough to give them a little zap in the butt and get them moving along. For another option, maybe a carbon fiber cow catcher would work and keep the weight down?
Last edited by Catmobile; Nov 11, 2022 at 02:27 PM.
Dear me, I clicked on this subject expecting some serious discussion, and I am not disappointed. But to the OP, will ligth bar on full be enough to prevent such encounters? I travel at night from Geelong - Sydney and back, and there are a lot of roos along the way. No encounters yet, but I always worry about one jumping in front of the car or a wallaby resting in the middle of the road.
No encounters yet, but I always worry about one jumping in front of the car or a wallaby resting in the middle of the road.
No, you’ve got that wrong. Wallabies don’t rest on Australian roads. They rest near American diners. Everyone knows that! That’s why their waitresses are always saying, “Wallaby.”
No, you’ve got that wrong. Wallabies don’t rest on Australian roads. They rest near American diners. Everyone knows that! That’s why their waitresses are always saying, “Wallaby.”
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Right... I assume this old bull-bar thread had been dug out initially, because I posted 2 "other Jags' with bull bars in another thread...
Given, that this thread here is not a serious discussion, I might as well add here 2 pictures, which I found just this moment on facebook.
So there is currently indeed a "make an offer" listing for a Jag Ute. Or to translate this into American English: A Jag Pick-up.
Listed 5 hours ago in Brisbane/QLD.
It's a Jag Ute project car
It's a 1976 Jag
Utes are big in Australia - I never understood this, though - even though I know the history of how Utes became reality (but these days, there are simply not so many farmers, who want a 2-in-1-car to go to the church on Sundays, too, as there are Utes). Even here in town someone did start building a XJ8 Jag Ute, but he sold the project before it was finished.
'Roo Bar
