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« on: July 31, 2006, 13:16:21 »
Need a roof rack, cant find or afford a used one so going to make my own.
Show me yours please
I might even make two!
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« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2006, 13:31:31 »
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« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2006, 13:37:40 »
Thanks Landy mad but thinking of using square tube as its cheap and easy.
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« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2006, 15:05:38 »
Got one here, may be a bit too long though, those boards are 6 foot

But if you can get a 90 rack and you can heat up the legs where they join onto the main mounting you onlyhave to bend them out a little bit to make them fit, this one is off a 110 :wink:
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« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2006, 17:56:12 »
me thinks that whole disco's beem stretched  :lol:
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« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2006, 19:12:09 »
Hobbit
Thats what I was hoping for as these are much cheaper, any more pics of how much you bent it? and side / front views?
I could cut down one from a 110?
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« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2006, 19:29:45 »
heres another
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« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2006, 23:30:45 »
Quite easy really, I measured across the gutters at the back, then the legs on the rack, heated up a leg cross point and bent it out between 1 and 1.5", as I remember, the rack is galv so no probs there, a standard 90 should fit easily onto a disco with this tweak.

Also the sun roof still opens and just clears the bars

A 110 could be cut down but remember that motor has a 116" wheelbase not 100, so your overhang on a 110 rack would be nearly to the end of the bonnet
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« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2006, 08:20:33 »
Thanks
So who has one lying in the garden, going cheap?
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« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2006, 08:23:07 »
Hang on a min!
Is a series and defender roof rack the same sizes?
Length dosnt really matter ( as I can cut it down) its the width?
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« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2006, 12:27:32 »
Yes they are the same. Mine ( on a IIA) and my Dad's ( ninety ) measure the same width wise.
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« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2006, 12:44:31 »
Thanks thats a start all I need now is to find one cheap
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« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2006, 14:48:42 »
Here's mine;  looks huge from above, not quite so bad from below.  It's a Patriot.

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« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2006, 22:31:57 »
Do a search on Ebay under Land Rover racks - looks like a couple of options for you

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