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What Does This Roofrack Fit ?????
I just dug out an old suction cap type roof rack out of the oldmans shed that I'd forgotten about which I always assumed was to fit a beetle but its
to wide to fit.So what i want to know is will it fit any other VW's? I'm thinking possibly Notchback or Fastback. Its approx. 1100mm x 1100mmand
curves both directions. Have a look and let me know what you reckon. If it will fit something else I'll probably sell it, if not I'll cut it down to
suit my beetle.
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| posted on October 13th, 2005 at 12:15 PM |
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Im sure its to wide and the legs are really short (only about 20-30mm long so the rack actually bottoms out on the roof before the legs are anywhere
near the roof. It just seems as though it was made for a wider & flatter roofed car. It may not even be for a VW.
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| posted on October 13th, 2005 at 01:19 PM |
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Those racks were made way back (50s-60s) and that one was probably off a FX-FJ Holden or maybe Morris Oxford or a number of other similarly shaped
cars from that era. Only Beetles carried that shape right through its entire life.
Cheers, Ian.
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| posted on October 13th, 2005 at 08:06 PM |
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Hi here is a piccie of my beetle roof rack, it measures 91cm x108cm
Type 3 roof rack measures 117cm x 103cm
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| posted on October 13th, 2005 at 09:28 PM |
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Here are some more pics showing how it looks on a 1500 beetle (its sitting on 4 blocks of wood 40mm high) its 1100mm Wide & 1140mm long measured from
outside of legs.
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| posted on October 13th, 2005 at 09:32 PM |
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Some more
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| posted on October 13th, 2005 at 09:34 PM |
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PS. Does anyone want a RAT???
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| posted on October 13th, 2005 at 11:42 PM |
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Try it on a kombi....
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| posted on October 14th, 2005 at 01:52 PM |
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Yes..... it may fit a Kombi as their roof is nearly flat...
otherwise its probably off a holden-falcon etc.....
as they all had gutters like beetles back in those days...
Lee
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