The Roof Rack Thread

[Rustybullethole]

Latest tat on roof.

Only an inch overhang. If I drive with the boot open.

 

[Zelandeth]

This seems to fit the theme...

Got some slightly confused looks from other drivers that day.

Rack didn't stay on a minute beyond being needed though as it made an absolutely godawful racket anywhere above about 40mph when empty.

[goosey]

Roof bars and roof box on Holiday somewhere near Dieppe

[vulgalour]

[Six-cylinder]

The Peugeot 404 had a roof bolt fitting for a roof rack. The good news is ours still has its roof rack even if it is not fitted while it is in grey primer.

[Six-cylinder]

Our Mercedes 200TE plucked from this very forum 10 years ago has always been a beast of burden with various things on the roof. 

[Six-cylinder]

My Visa 17RD was sold to me in 2009 by a gnome complete with a roof rack and it was used occasionally for ladders etc.

[Six-cylinder]

When we had this Volvo 740 2.3 GLE Estate a friend was being given demolition timber to cut up and burn in his living room fire from his builder neighbour. As he was being given far more than he needed he salvaged the longer lengths and gave then to us for reuse. We made quite a few trips to his house with the 740 to carry away the loot.

[LightBulbFun]

  On 12/02/2023 at 01:05, LightBulbFun said:

  On 11/02/2023 at 20:34, bunglebus said:

How about an ambitious roof rack?

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pretty sure I can win/kill this one right away! LOL

and its worse then it looks because its a *Villiers* machine, 197cc, 8.6Hp, single Jingle 2 stroke, just what you want for moving a triple settee up the welsh hills (which is where the shot was taken!)

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from the ambitious tow bar thread amusingly I present the above need, I say more?

[FakeConcern]

[TrabbieRonnie]

Big Audi in holiday mode this year...

Suction cup bike rack thingy... worked brilliantly.

Must up my game to a proper rack on something... we did have one on the 323, never trusted it at the back though, you can just see the ratchet strap through the pop-out rear windows...

[adw1977]

How about a roof rack for a convertible?

Ford accessories brochure, 1989.

Full brochure

[Rustybullethole]

Well today i've upped my canoe game from the below two

To Four, and a couple of sheets of ply for good measure. 

[captain_70s]

I have a set of Thule roof bars for the 740. Not used them much as the inside of the car is usually capacious enough and the bars are noisy...

The Dolly is currently sporting a basket style gutter mount rack borrowed from @320touring to take stuff to FOTU.

You can't really hear the wind noise from it either as the wind noise without it is already 100%...

[Rust Collector]

I’m here to remind you all that roof racks are bloody useful:

 I did have to let the suspension down to get into the tip, mind.

[rob88h]

  On 03/03/2025 at 10:18, Rust Collector said:

let the suspension down to get into the tip

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That's not a nice way to refer to the XM  

I'm a serial roof-rack-ologist as well. My most interesting cargo was my  early 1900 Sun Cycles tandem that enjoyed a 200 mile trip down to where I live now. Sadly, my then daily 240 and the tandem it transported are both no longer with me... but the roof rack still is...

Rob88h, Roof Rack Appreciation Society membership #0049

[Rustybullethole]

Mentioned here before about round things being a pain to strap down. Mate took this snap of me titting about doing just that again today. 

First effort was poor and pretty sure it would of fallen off before i reached the end of the drive. Second attempt was much better though still slightly bum clenching.

Stopped three times to check straps on the 25 miles home. All tight each time though stuck to the back roads just to be safe. 

[Noel Tidybeard]

when the capacity in litres mean nothing and you haven't got a "banana for scale" to hand

[Marina door handles]

I feel what this thread is lacking is a kind of whistling noise, that gets louder the faster you go.....

[warninglight]

This was the noisiest one I ever had. Often carried the canoe or the bikes on the wing bars, nice and quiet.

Heading up to the Assynt, wanted both, and didn't have a towbar bike rack, so welded up some uprights and tried this.

Those long straps from bow and stern were resonating merrily until on the 3rd attempt to rejig them somewhere up the A9 I got them nice and quiet. Felt like a long drive that day!