Amazon: period roof racks

[redcar]

folks,

anyone know of an amazon roofrack for sale, or know of any period looking universal/vw bug type roofracks that fit the Amazon saloon?

i am looking to carry windsurfing gear so need something pretty substantial..
enough for a couple of boards, masts, sails, etc..

don't want to go down the thule road though, as they don't look great on older cars..

[telboyofpeckham]

I'm looking too. If I find one I'll let you know (& do likewise if you are successful).

This one had a really nice metal & wood rack. The sort of thing that I would like to buy. Does not look like a VW one though.

[Moosejaw]

They crop up on Ebay from time to time.
this the sort of thing you're after?

[swedishandgerman]

Have a look at the photos of my genuine Volvo roof rack - I love it!

They sometimes come up on this Swedish ebay type thinger http://http://www.blocket.se/

Genuine roofracks for estates are much more easy to source like the one I had on my estate. But often people put them on the wrong way around and they fit appallingly - the slanted end is supposed to be at the back!

Retro VW roofracks available here: http://http://www.vwheritage.com/vwh...templateID=vwh

[gillberry]

I have been after one for ages but him indoors says that after all we are spending on gracie do YOU really want to put one on the new chrome!!!!

but i am still looking

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

does any one know if this will fit a amazon estate

[swedishandgerman]

That, I'm sure of it, is not a 240 Estate roof-rack. Never seen one like that.

It looks like an Amazon roof-rack to me.... It looks identical to the one I had on my estate

[gillberry]

have got to convince him but it is a long way away from norwich

[Derek UK]

If the seller has used it on a 240 then it's probably a 145 one. I think the correct 240 ones lost the wood. Probably too wide for the Amazon so you'll need the gutter to gutter measurement from your car, a proper Amazon rack, a 145 one, and the eBay rack to make sure.

[ClassicVolvoShop]

Well,...

Originally Posted by swedishandgerman

Genuine roofracks for estates are much more easy to source like the one I had on my estate. But often people put them on the wrong way around and they fit appallingly - the slanted end is supposed to be at the back!

It's not at all possible to mount the roof rack the wrong way. The roof line make's it impossible. (It's more narrow at the tail).

I wouldn't label it "easy" to find. They show up once in a while - yes - but it's for sure not easy to find - let alone in reasonable condition.

Originally Posted by swedishandgerman

That, I'm sure of it, is not a 240 Estate roof-rack. Never seen one like that.
It looks like an Amazon roof-rack to me.... It looks identical to the one I had on my estate

The Amazon Estate and the 145/245 roof rack is exactly the same design/style etc. - but they are NOT interchangeable. The roof line on the 145 is a lot wider than on the Amazon.
There are tons of those for the 145/245 - if you want a NOS in orig. box - just let me know. (Tons - if it's easy to find the Amazon ones)..

Originally Posted by gillberry

have got to convince him but it is a long way away from norwich

Save your energy - the seller has posted the meassurements.. It's for a 145/245.

Originally Posted by Derek UK

.... I think the correct 240 ones lost the wood...

Nope - Volvo continued selling the 145 one for the 245 in the early years. Somewhere arround late 1970'ies (maybe beginning 1980'ies) - Volvo made (well, got made) a huge alloy roof rack available for the 245 (to replace the old one - this new one could also be used on the 745).

swedishandgerman;
If your last photo is of your Estate - with the roof rack in question on - then it's for sure a modified roof rack. As you say yourself, the tilted end is surposed to be at the tail - on the photo it's clear that the tilted end is up front - and that is simply not possible with the genuine roof rack for the Amazon Estate. The one in the photo is most likely a 145/245 one cut and re-welded to fit.

[ClassicVolvoShop]

Originally Posted by swedishandgerman

Have a look at the photos of my genuine Volvo roof rack..

Do you have a close up? Just asking - what makes it a genuine one?
(We are talking the one on the blue sedan, right?)