Rat Style Roof Rack Wanted (Brought One)

Hey guys,

Anyone got an old skool rat style roof rack for early 60's Beetle.

Hi luke,
you can have this one if you like, it is a "Portarack" brand
it needs suction caps, the legs are 37" apart across the car & 39" along the car, the clamp legs are adjustable
$60 , I was gonna advertise it soon, but, I will hang on to it for a while if you are interested

Kim 0419468266 or PM

Luke if your not interested i will go second dibs cheers shane.

kombikim wrote:Hi luke,
you can have this one if you like, it is a "Portarack" brand
it needs suction caps, the legs are 37" apart across the car & 39" along the car, the clamp legs are adjustable
$60 , I was gonna advertise it soon, but, I will hang on to it for a while if you are interested

Kim 0419468266 or PM

ummm, not sure how hard it would be to get the suction caps

people apparently get them from Clark rubber, I have seen cars at shows with new ones

Any rubber supplier has them, cheap.

I have this rack on my Oval.I brought the suction caps from Clark Rubber.They have a few styles to choose from..

news flash, unfortunately my rack does not fit beetle as the legs are too short to allow the cross bars to fit across the domed roof, the rack would only fit a type 3
sorry

kombikim wrote:news flash, unfortunately my rack does not fit beetle as the legs are too short to allow the cross bars to fit across the domed roof, the rack would only fit a type 3
sorry

Yes you can fit it to a beetle,all you need to do is extend the legs by about 110mm.I used an old leg of a steel chair and remove the Washer stopper from the rack and slid the extended peice on and used a self tapper to secure.Its been on my car for about a year and I have had a few good size loads on it without any trouble.Just quitley I paid a lot more than that for mine.

bump anyone

Hey mate. there is a rack on EBAY. Not sure if its what ur after. but u could rat it up a tad.

Rowan

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VW-VOLKSWAGEN-BEETLE-ROOF-RACK-RAT-ROD_W0QQitemZ290201084842QQihZ019QQcategoryZ55435QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I've got this one up for grabs. Needs 2 new suction caps (I checked, Clark Rubber stock them), and only has one side clamp. Never used because I never had the 2nd side clamp, and bought a different rack instead 😀 I bought it for $50, make me an offer (im moving soon and want to clean up). I can get some more pics of it if you want.


Alternatively keep an eye on ebay. I got this one for $40 a couple months ago. The cross bars had to be bent to suite the roof profile, I just turned it upside and bounced them into submission! there was one of these on ebay recently, within the last month.

hey hewy would you sell the one in the second set of photos??? Ill pay a decent amount if your interested.

LukeV85 wrote:hey hewy would you sell the one in the second set of photos??? Ill pay a decent amount if your interested.

Sorry mate, I use it pretty regularly to move things like bikes and kayaks - it isnt just for show! In the last 2 weeks I've moved:
* Mountain bike
* stretch beach cruiser bike
* 2 bookcases from Ikea
* Single bed bedhead
* 4m + long kayak (its longer than the bug!)
* a set of bar stools
* vintage metal storage chest
* christmas tree

I moved house 😂 But yeh, it gets used every couple of weeks so I dont want to sell it, sorry.

Still on the look out for one of these

LukeV85 wrote:Still on the look out for one of these

Did you get my PM?