A Roof Rack For A Toad ?
The thing has no gutters, just four doors. A '95 Dodge Spirit. I also need a "cut resistant" cargo net to defeat the legions of "mice" down here. Sadly my budget is not Space Shuttle grade. But looks ...
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I've seen a few of improvised homemade racks where the feet matched the shape of the cars roof to best distribute weight across as much sheet metal as possible, front to back.
They padded the wood feet and used ratcheting straps through front and back doors to pull it tight. No doubt it compromised the door seals to some degree when ratcheted tight, but it certainly was not going anywhere.
They used 1x6 pine stock for the feet and just had regular 2x4 to go side to side. I saw it once again with an extension screwed front and back, and they tried to give a slight nod to aerodynamics with tapered leading and trailing edges.
I guess it is not very stealth proof to anyone with a saw or a knife to cut the straps and carry the whole thing off.
They padded the wood feet and used ratcheting straps through front and back doors to pull it tight. No doubt it compromised the door seals to some degree when ratcheted tight, but it certainly was not going anywhere.
They used 1x6 pine stock for the feet and just had regular 2x4 to go side to side. I saw it once again with an extension screwed front and back, and they tried to give a slight nod to aerodynamics with tapered leading and trailing edges.
I guess it is not very stealth proof to anyone with a saw or a knife to cut the straps and carry the whole thing off.
