[T3] Getting Ready -- Roof Rack

Brian Fye bfye at canyonville.net
Mon Jan 30 11:04:40 PST 2012


no idea... it was on a parts square i've owned for 5 years.

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Dennis Stiefel <dlstiefel at dekalbk12.org>wrote:

> What kind of FOMOCO product was this originally for a Pinto or Escort?
>
> Dennis
>
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> I also forgot to mention, the VW rack has straight cross bars while the
> FoMoCo rack crossbars are curved and almost match the curve of the roof
> line ;)
>
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Brian Fye <bfye at canyonville.net> wrote:
>
> > It is similar to the VW dealership racks in mounting and lay out.  You
> > have to drill holes in the roof.  But, the cross tubes are oval in shape
> > and the side tubes are rectangular but laid down so the wide side of the
> > rectangle is facing up, not out (if that makes sense).  To me, it is just
> > more streamlined.  Also, like the VW units, it comes with roof strips so
> > that your items don't sit directly on the roof.  I just have not
> installed
> > them as of yet.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Gary Forsmo <gbforsmo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> *Brian --
> >>
> >> I like your FoMoCo Roof Rack, too.  Clean & simple lines.
> >>
> >> I can't see the "different tube cross section".  What makes it
> different?
> >> How does it fasten to the roof?  What does the roof look like (mounting
> >> points) when the rack is NOT installed?
> >>
> >> Gary "Frito" -- '69 Variant, FI, MT
> >> Rockport, TX (winter)
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