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ajbancroft
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 Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:36 pm Post subject: mystery roofrack - rack restore questions. |
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i purchased a roofrack a week ago that looks nothing like any of the ones i usually see. i cant read the logo thats stamped into it yet, but it was built in munchen, Germany. the logo is a circle with an H on the top, and an M on the bottom, and some text in the middle. i'll take pictures in the next few days.
the wood slats are gone, but i'm not worried about reproducing them. its the rivets i'm worried about. i want to take the rack apart and get it sand blasted, then powdercoated. the rivets are not simple pop rivets, and i need to figure out how or what to replace them with. has anyone done any kind of rivet works, or had a rack restored/ restored one personally?
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KPottorff
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If it's anything like my original VW rack those are hard rivets. They would have been attached with a tool like a press.
I've replaced a slat in mine and I notched the slat so it would fit with the rivet. |
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Low67vdubinnocal
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:28 am Post subject: rivits |
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| bugformance in sacramento has the replacement rivit kits so you should be able to get them at other places |
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pantone149
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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| munchen, Germany is what we call Munich. |
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vw7266
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| this is useless with out pics sorry... |
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dog_jr911
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:13 pm Post subject: Re: rivits |
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| toogoodbeingbad wrote: |
| bugformance in sacramento has the replacement rivit kits so you should be able to get them at other places |
yah bugformance in sac is a great place, everyone is so nice there.
if you need help with anything, they are there!
helped me with my full disc brake kit!
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ajbancroft
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KantDriveFast
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:35 pm Post subject: Re: rivits |
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| dog_jr911 wrote: |
| toogoodbeingbad wrote: |
| bugformance in sacramento has the replacement rivit kits so you should be able to get them at other places |
yah bugformance in sac is a great place, everyone is so nice there.
if you need help with anything, they are there!
helped me with my full disc brake kit! |
I'll second that, they have alot of good German parts in stock. They cost a little more, but soooo worth it!  |
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ajbancroft
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:46 pm Post subject: Re: rivits |
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| toogoodbeingbad wrote: |
| bugformance in sacramento has the replacement rivit kits so you should be able to get them at other places |
these guys?
http://www.bugformancesuperstore.com/ |
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Low67vdubinnocal
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| thats the place. or if you have a farm/hardware place you can just match up the rivits for less. i looked at the kit today and it has rivits and other hardware that i dont think would fit that rack. nice looking rack anyways |
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IN2VWS
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.....and the winner is.....Herkules. And it looks like it a special for sunroof Beetles. NIce find. 
Click on the image for a larger image.
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ajbancroft
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| thats great! after a search i didnt find any more info on the samba about it, do you, or anyone else know anymore about them? from the picture i'll be able to reproduce the rack slats in near correct proportions. |
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Brezelwerks
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| Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:23 am Post subject: wow |
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I own what must be the sedan version of that rack, its missing one of the clamps (same style as pictured), and it uses the rubber suction cup feet which are embossed with "Herkules" as well, I made a copy of these since I was also missing one of the cups. Hoping to replicate the missing clamp this winter so I can install the rack next summer.
Thanks for posting the catalog shot, that helps to validate these as period rare roof racks! Occasionally I thumb through the Foreign Car magazines of the 50's and 60's and I'm frankly amazed at the hundreds of things I discover that were made for these cars in addition to the the Hella, Perohaus, GHE Happich, Kamei, and other accessory makers.
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ajbancroft
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Low67vdubinnocal
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| i have the cheap bought at the parts house in modesto $100 version i got 5 or 6 years ago.nothing near as nice as the ones you two have.the bugformance ones look better constructed than mine but not even in the same league as that german one.what a great find. |
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Brezelwerks
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| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:16 am Post subject: Re: wow |
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Here's mine, and I would agree that with the suction cups what you really get is more of a universal roof fit, nice advantage if you had owned a couple different cars at home. This rack however I have is about the same size as a factory vw rack. Theres another closer shot of the wood in my gallery with specs on how to make replacements fyi.
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RareAir
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ajbancroft
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| Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:51 am Post subject: Re: mystery roofrack - rack restore questions. |
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Old post revival, but I refinished this right after you all helped me!
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