interested in obtaining info on PORTARACK roof racks.
says they were a sydney company thats all i know.
does anyone know when these were made or is the company still running?
all info appreciated...

it was a sudney company and the product was produced in oz. they were around for a while then fell off hte earth. have a friend who used them. thought they were great and handy as they would just deflate and be stowed away. i think they tried marketing direct but at some stage i am pretty sure they went thru some one like demtel or home shopping to sell them.

Thats whats on the Notch..formerly the Beetle. Pretty cool. I bought it at a swap meet, disassembled it, painted it and whacked it on. Didn't like it much at first, but it has grown on me.

Rhettro also has one like mine.

Yeah mines a portarack picked up mine from a mate who had it in his back yard, just got onto another one, but haven't got it in my posession, YET!

thanks guys.
does anyone know wat years these were around then, r they vintage or pretty recent. the writing style on the plaque looks older.

got one on my fastback, cost me $30, i blasted and repainted it, a bit noisy at speed. the width can be adjusted for different cars. if buying onemake sure you get the 4 rubber mounts.

can anyone show me some pics of how they attach to ur cars?
how many brackets does urs have?
where can u get the feet from?
what do they look like? are they suction cup style?
post some pics for me
taa
sam

Heres a pic for ya,

theres two mounting clamps that hold it to the gutters, and 4 suction cups.

My sister just got her new roof rack back from the powder coaters today, its not a portarack but very similar she bought new white suction cups from clark rubber for about $8 ea.

thanks phat bug
thats the kind of info im after
thats great.

great pic too, do u hav any more close up?

thanks again mate
sam

I'll try and get a pic for ya this arvo.

Sam,
heres those pic I promised you, I hope they can help.

nice pics thanx!!
so does ur mounting bracket
poke thru the rungs then?
wherd u get the white cups from?

Ive been meaning to cut off the excess that pokes thru just havent got around to it yet, its like that because my rack is set fairly wide so the brackets only need to be short. my sister just bought new white cups from CLARK RUBBER, for $8ea

thats cool, i could only find black ones
i will hunt around but maybe they only sell them in VIC, i hav found some hardware stores only selmparticular colours in other states for some reason.
yep, cutting off the excess is a good idea, did u put some padding or hav rubber under the brackets to protect the paint too?

If you want I could probably get some for ya.

Didn't worry about the rubber under the bracket, I built my car to use as a daily hack, so I show the scratches with pride!

yeah it wouldnt make any difference to my paint anyway,
i would like some white ones, i'll keep looking around and let u know if i need ur help
thanks alot for the feedback anyway!
sam:thumb

No worries man, glad to help!

we have a portarack roof rack found it at the tip and got it for $2!!!
cheers
rhys