where his steps joined he cut saw teeth in the ends of the tubing to give him more area to weld .
the "hoops" were bent all the way around and came back in at the bottom to join the frame rails . he believed this design was safer in a rollover because the car might roll more smoothly without "catching" on the ground and , of course, the hoop strength was greater in that part of the chassis.
bob glidden was still using 36'ladder bars in the last of his pintos