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Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:53 pm

had a good friend make a rack from an idea i had. made the whole thing from scratch. i felt i need to show off his craftsmanship. holds over 250 lbs, not that the roof would...

this shot was taken before the rack was 100%, but you get the idea.

Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:15 pm

im sorry

Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:45 pm

I have to agree with orangeyesore, but that's just my opinion. I think the original roof racks have much better lines which are consitent with the roof line.

Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:31 pm

looks like you took a perfectly good metal rack and cut it up to put that iron cross in it?

Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:47 am

orangeeyesore wrote: im sorry
me too... :(

Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:11 am

I can respect the time & craftsmanship you put into it, however that is not 'from scratch'. 'From scratch' would have been MUCH better than cutting up that one to put an iron cross in it.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:06 am

Im also sorry that your bug has that abortion on its roof, and that you drive it around.

to each his own

Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:36 am

It's pretty cool! 8) Volks Rods have been "Pissing off the purists since day one!" :lol:

Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:36 am

i thought iron crosses went out when the discovery channel cancelled all of those west coast chopper build off shows...?

Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:51 am

I was wondering if this topic might be NSFW. :wink:

Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:23 am

Ghoti wrote: I was wondering if this topic might be NSFW. :wink:

I was hoping it would be, but no dice. :cry:

Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:31 pm

that rack was completely tubing in a metal shop. so it indeed was from scratch. not a factory rack cut up. just for the record.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:23 pm

That "thing" would be better used as a BBQ grill for pig carcasses.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:44 pm

Tough Crowd.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:15 pm

the rack matches the crapatina of the rest of the beetle perfectly.

Bart wrote: Tough Crowd.

Kirwin wrote: Probably shouldn't title your thread "Opinions Wanted" if you don't want to get all sorts of opinions.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:00 pm

i appreciate honesty. i guess your car always had shiney paint during extensive body repairs? hahahaha.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:51 pm

I like the iron cross aspect of it but it doesn't seem to match with the look of the rest of the rack.

It looks like you hacked up a regular Bug rack instead of extending the design to a fully-formed custom one-off rack.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:59 pm

The iron cross may be a bit played out, but I think you could pull it off if it looked completely custom with a smaller cross & also matched the style of the bug. Right now it looks like a patch job even if it isn't (which means you did a great job of copying an existing rack, not easy to do). If the cross will be out of square tube try to match more of the rack by using square tube for the stringers. I guess what I'm trying to say is it looks stock with a blocky piece of custom fab in the center - make it all look custom.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:14 pm

the iron cross was used as a symbol of bravery. i could give a shit that everyone else used it, kinda fit the idea of the car.

here's the car, let the flaming begin.

Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:19 pm

mdnick wrote: the iron cross was used as a symbol of bravery. i could give a shit that everyone else used it, kinda fit the idea of the car.

here's the car, let the flaming begin.

Find another forum Braveheart :wink: