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Author:  volksrod88 [ Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:01 am ]
Post subject:  A roof rack for our 65 dart ????
I am looking for a roof rack for our 65 dart.
Does anyone have any ideas ? what works ?
know of any roof racks on other dodge cars around that time frame
that would fit ? So I would just add bike rails..
We would love to drag our old bikes around with us !

very open to ideas. thanks guys!


:bow:
Author:  polara pat [ Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:30 pm ]
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Where are you? There's a wrecker here (in Nelson) that has a '65 Valiant wagon that I think has a roof rack. Nothing will happen until the snow melts though.
Author:  slantvaliant [ Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:05 pm ]
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There was a study not long back that showedthat roof racks really screw up aerodynamics - not that our cars are particularly streamlined to start with. Just saying ...

With bikes on top, try to be careful about drive-throughs, too! :wink:

I'd like to have a receiver hitch, and a bike rack that fit it. It wouldn't help the aero, but it should make loading the bikes easier.
Author:  NewSlanter [ Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:38 am ]
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With bikes on top, try to be careful about drive-throughs, too! :wink:
When I was 18, I was sitting at home when my dad called. He was at the golf course 5 miles from our house with a broken chain on his bicycle and asked if I could come get him. I was happy to oblige and when I got there, we threw his bike on my brand new Thule car-top bike rack. On the way home, we got pretty involved talking about the music on the radio and completely forgot about the bike on the roof....... Until I drove into the garage, that is....
Author:  volksrod88 [ Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:13 pm ]
Post subject:  roof rack
I am in fort mohave arizona usa.
i would like to get something factory off a car bolt that on then add the bike rails, though to save time and not drill any holes I think I will just buy some clips the cross bars then buy some bicycle rails. I am not going to worry about how shell do in a wind tunnel test .
thanks for your imput guys.
if any one comes up with something let me know
thanks !
Author:  slantvaliant [ Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: roof rack
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I am not going to worry about how shell do in a wind tunnel test.
How about the filling station test? :wink:
Author:  polara pat [ Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:23 pm ]
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Ahhh, you're looking for a car topper, not a roof rack.
Author:  volksrod88 [ Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:00 pm ]
Post subject:  roof rack / car topper
what ever you call it ....
for some reason vw people (me) have some obsession with strapping crap to the roofs of our cars. hahaha.
really though we are big into bicycles .
I might rip a ( car topper ) off an old jeep or something.
I want it to be as functional and as period as possible.

I am sorry to have created this annoying thread.
Author:  Joshie225 [ Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:19 pm ]
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No worries. Only Beetle people are into roof racks. Microbus folks already have room for their junk. :D I need to find the picture of me and Dad standing next to our family bus. I couldn't have been more than 5 because we replaced the VW with a Ford van by kindergarten. We slanters don't get heavy into roof racks as American compacts are relatively huge. For carting around the bikes when we had the Duster we bought a dedicated bike rack for the back.
Author:  dietz_diggler [ Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:08 am ]
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I used to drive my moms 63 bug allot, I can see why they like bicycles. I could have used one a few times that thing left me stranded. That, and a bicycle would have been just as warm in the winter :lol: :D :shock: JUST KIDDIN' VOLKSROD88! It did have its problems, but that is the one car my parents held on to. I would like to fix it back up for her one day.

I think its a 63, what was the last year w/ the fox on the castle emblem? that and clear turn signal lenses on the front. Any how good luck.
Dietz
Author:  slantvaliant [ Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:41 am ]
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If my sister ever decides to get rid of that '67 Bug in her garage, I'll make a play for it, and it may well wind up with a rack on top when I need the capacity.
More than likely, though, I'll remove the rear seat and make a useable trunk there. No, I won't fill it up with speakers.
Author:  NewSlanter [ Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: roof rack / car topper
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for some reason vw people (me) have some obsession with strapping crap to the roofs of our cars. hahaha.
really though we are big into bicycles .
Funny you should say that as the car I was driving in the story above (my first car) was a 1987 VW Fox.
Author:  polara pat [ Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:20 am ]
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Here's how we pack around our cycles in the Summer. It's a simple "U" shaped rack that's pretty easy to get on and off. Bikes are a '40 Elgin and '27 CCM.

Image
Author:  volksrod88 [ Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:49 pm ]
Post subject:  roof rack
well, I will try one of those trunk racks not sure how it will work out
as we lowerd the dart alot. 1'' blocks and pulled 2 springs out

those bikes are cool as hell !!
Author:  polara pat [ Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:19 pm ]
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As you can see, there is lots of room to move a rack such as mine in the upward position, keeping the wheels of the bikes at bumper level or higher. I have no clearance issues so run it as is.
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