What's it Worth Anything with a racing cage…

[Hemirunner]

It seems that the majority of the Mopar people shy away from anything modified or caged for racing, yet there’s lots of examples of pro-touring type cars that bring big money, but rarely caged cars. What are your thoughts on modifying these cars and, in particular, adding cages for racing?

 

[Armyvet25]

I'm one of those who shy away from caged vehicles, unless I'm looking for a strictly race only car.
Never know if cage welded right in the necessary positions, difficulty getting in/out? The stigma was it beat on, was it a mall crawler meant to look like a race car, I just say no, but that's me, there's plenty of good examples as well, just not for me. I think my only exception if i was making a NASCAR tribute.

 

[padam]

I love race cars, but it doesn’t seem to add value to a muscle car.

 

[6PKRTSE]

It's your car. Do whatever you want with it is how I always feel. There is so many forged/fake musclecars out there these days. I am not a numbers matching kind of guy. If it looks good, runs good and sounds good. It is a cool car for me. Stock restoration cars do look cool to see, but I like building them my way. I caged, mini tubbed my Challenger and cruise and race it. Everything I did was done so it can always be turned back to more stock when I am too old to get in and out of it anymore. I say cut them up..

 

[eldubb440]

what A bodies are for.....for 500 Alex

 

[Gord87]

Cages definitely hurt resale value unless you're selling to someone who actually wants to race it, most buyers see it as a sign the car was beat on hard.

 

[not so famous bob]

I'm one of those who shy away from caged vehicles, unless I'm looking for a strictly race only car.
Never know if cage welded right in the necessary positions, difficulty getting in/out? The stigma was it beat on, was it a mall crawler meant to look like a race car, I just say no, but that's me, there's plenty of good examples as well, just not for me. I think my only exception if i was making a NASCAR tribute.

If your making big power , the uni bodies will twist , I put a 6 pointcage in mine for that reason only . I really didnt want to ---but...

 

[33 IMP]

I have seen several very high horsepower Willys' lately, none of which had a bar/cage in it. To me, it signifies a worthless poser. WHY build a 1000 hp car, and not make it safe, or race-able?

 

[Hemirunner]

It's your car. Do whatever you want with it is how I always feel. There is so many forged/fake musclecars out there these days. I am not a numbers matching kind of guy. If it looks good, runs good and sounds good. It is a cool car for me. Stock restoration cars do look cool to see, but I like building them my way. I caged, mini tubbed my Challenger and cruise and race it. Everything I did was done so it can always be turned back to more stock when I am too old to get in and out of it anymore. I say cut them up..

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I watched this build on moparts and I believe Yellowbullet back in the day. One of the first ever 25.3 mopars. Love it.

 

[70 sublime]

Some insurance companies do not like a cage in a street car
Have a buddy that had a cage in his charger and he had trouble finding insurance for it