[tcb] Re: roof rack
- From: "Alma Jo Barrera" <patchmongrel1@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:17:51 -0600
Here is a pic of the clamps......
From: atx
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 9:29 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: roof rack
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?
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
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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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