[tcb] Re: roof rack
- From: atx <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 21:29:33 -0600
I'd like to see pics of it. My knowledge of original bus roof racks is the
original clamps are sometimes more difficult to find than the racks. Repops are
usually limited and expensive.
Jeff
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On Mar 2, 2011, at 6:27 PM, "w.wood" <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> any pics available of what it looks like now?
>
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> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Alma Jo Barrera <patchmongrel1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> They are both original racks. The one I just got sits to low. Even now after
> I drew the legs in a bit. It almost hit the roof of the bus, so I need it up
> about an inch to come up to the same height as the other one.
>
> Alma Jo
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: whocanduncan1@xxxxxxxxx
> To: TCB
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 1:43 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: roof rack
>
> Would it make more sense to adapt the front to sit up higher?
>
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> From: "Alma Jo Barrera" <patchmongrel1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sender: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 13:41:54 -0600
> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ReplyTo: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tcb] Re: roof rack
>
> It worked...I guess.... It does not sit at the same height as the other one.
> Guess I need to get the saw zaw out and do some modifying to it.
>
> I want it to sit at the same height as the front rack. I am going to be
> attaching a awning to them.
>
> I just hate to cut an original rack. Does anyone one have one that is not in
> the greatest shape. Broken legs are OK.
>
> Alma Jo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alma Jo Barrera
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 10:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [tcb] Re: roof rack
>
> straps are on, but had to stop. Had a play date with the grandson. took him
> to the zoo.
>
> Getting ready to go outside for round 2 with the rack.
>
> Alma Jo
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: kelly dosch
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 4:06 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: roof rack
>
> Oh c'mon. Did it work or what? I am really curious.
>
> --- On Tue, 3/1/11, Alma Jo Barrera <patchmongrel1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Alma Jo Barrera <patchmongrel1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: roof rack
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 10:38 AM
>
> Just got some ratchet straps on it to do that.....Great minds think alike.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: kelly dosch
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 9:24 AM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: roof rack
>
> Try this if you can- tie a rope or clothesline from one leg to the other
> across the bus, so that you have 3 ropes, each going across from one leg of
> the rack to the other.
> Then, using some sort of rods or dowels, slowly twist each rope like a
> tourniquet, pulling the legs closer together little by little, until it bows
> up in the middle and fits in the drip rails.
> Try to go evenly, just a few turns on each rope, and watch/listen closely
> for any signs heavy stress.
>
>
> --- On Tue, 3/1/11, Alma Jo Barrera <patchmongrel1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Alma Jo Barrera <patchmongrel1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: roof rack
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 12:01 AM
>
> I had seen that, but the way I read it is that it should fit a bay if it is
> made for a bay or a split.
>
> The rack that I have is on one side in the drip rail and the other side is
> out about an inch. It also seems to hit the roof. It is a 1/2 rack, has 3
> legs on each side.
>
> I am wondering if maybe it had heavy stuff on it and it stretched.
>
> It is in amazing condition. The clamps still has the rubber coating, the
> metal is still bright, it has the plugs at the ends of the open pipes, It has
> the blue decal with the part number.
>
> So it was not used much. It came out of the rafters in a barn in Waco.
>
> Alma Jo
>
>
> From: Shakey Spudman
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 8:31 PM
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tcb] Re: roof rack
>
> mabey you should check this site first. try this thread.
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=278482&highlight=roof+rack+bay+split
>
> shakey
>
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Mark Jenkins
> <marktts88@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes foot to foot
>
>
> On Feb 28, 2011, at 7:45 PM, "Alma Jo Barrera" <patchmongrel1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Is that drip rail to drip rail/ foot to foot?
>>
>> Alma
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Mark Jenkins
>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 5:13 PM
>> Subject: [tcb] Re: roof rack
>>
>> I put a tape on my split rack it's 55 inch
>> wide
>>
>> From: Alma Jo Barrera <patchmongrel1@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: TCB <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Mon, February 28, 2011 3:24:26 PM
>> Subject: [tcb] roof rack
>>
>> OK. went and picked up an all metal bus roof rack today.
>>
>> Thought I would use it on my Bay.....well it is too wide.
>>
>> Are splities wider than bays on the roof?
>>
>>
>>
>> Alma Jo (AJ)
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