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After I (more or less) finished my 1966 Volkswagen Fastback the "Volksback", it was time for another challenge, here it is!

Samstag, 30. Dezember 2017

Roof rack - final assembly

As mentioned in my previous post, here is the final assembly description for the roof rack:

Brackets clamped onto the lateral beams:




Clamps assembled to mount the roof rack:



The full picture will follow later, there will be more to be seen!


A quick update, before the year is over...

The Streaker didn't receive a lot of love during this year, it just worked as expected and I used it from time to time. 2018 will be a different game, I have a lot of plans and already ordered / prepared some modifications. This will be the 1st time ever I will actually visit the Maikäfertreffen in Mai in a beetle! 
The addition of a roof rack is something I planned for a long time, but now I found the lateral beams and the roof rack itself and I already designed and fabricated a sturdy fixation system:
Top: The brackets to to affix the clamps onto the lateral supports
Bottom: Clamps (originally for hydraulic piping) some special nuts and hardware to mount the clamps onto the lateral supports, clamping the roof rack itself
The nuts (metric wood nuts with the claws removed) will be sandwiched between the the rack and the supports

The clamps will afterwards be mounted onto the brackets, allowing the roof rack itself to rest sturdy on the Streaker.

Sounds complicated? Well, a few pics of the finished article will follow soon...