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PostPosted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is this going to be the newest rage, coming back into style?
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 7:37 am    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

Sure it could be the new rage...
Here's something to get it going Smile

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 2:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

If it's not the new rage it should be. Here's why:

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/compact-...26915.html

This is a New Beetle with a hitch mounted rack, but the positioning is similar and he found that the gas mileage was up over no rack at all.

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I just returned home from a 770 mile round trip to Portland, lake Oswego and home! I returned home late last night and checked the hard mileage and found 770 miles, 15.6 gallons netted 49.3MPG! So as Freebeard suggested, what will we do if the mileage goes up?!?
Beetle w/o any attachments/slick top= ave 48mpg :{)
Beetle with factory VW Roof racks and CVT tent= 38mpg :/
Beetle with new areo-hitch mounted rack/CVT tent= 49.3MPG WhoooRah!
That is a gain of 11.3 mpg boys and girls!


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I'd be interested in a modern interpretation of the Jim Dandy rack. It would be very close to what's called a Kamm-back if the sides were filled in. This would have as much advantage as the dog house that race cars have built over the engine. The stock Beetle body has a pseudo-Jaray taper that is it's worst feature, although it is used to advantage for engine cooling.

The angle between the strut and that flat spreader bar bothers me. And I think the front drip rail mount could be much further forward. The vortexes form at the B-pillar.


Edit: I'm seeing various heights relative to the back window. How is the view in the rear-view mirror affected?
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 1:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

Here is my ultra accurate reproduction.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1561116

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made like the original
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I used stainless feet instead of aluminum
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They come with stickers that look like the originals
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 3:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

I've seen all of these parts for myself folks. I have to tell you that nobody else has even come close to how accurate these reproductions are. If James Spence were around he'd have to give Chad a pat on the back. Thumbs up!
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2016 8:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

Hmmm wish I had the money... Maybe soon thanks for posting, I like the quality
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 1:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 10:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

Wow, I just re-read fourteen pages to make a post and I see that I already did back in Nov 2015.

excamper -- You do nice work. I see you made a claim about improved mileage in the ad prior to my last post. Is that improved over a roof-top rack or a slick-top? Have you done any A-B-A testing to support the claim?

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I know it's custom, but I like this one best. Wood slats curved to match the top of the window. maybe room for improvement on the rain gutter clamps.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 2:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

does any one have plans for making one pls
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 4:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

I have a friend that sells good templates for around $550. It looks a lot like the rack and you can get it powder coated too. You'll never get closer to the real thing with his "template". Wink
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 3:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

Here is my Empi titelock rack.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 6:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

Time for an updated list

1) Matt D'azzo (New York) *Empi Titelock*
2) Jason Mueller (Nor Cal) *Empi Titelock*
3) Jerad (Florida) *Empi Titelock*
4) The one in (New York) * Jim Dandy *
5) Roscoe's (California) * Jim Dandy*
6) Jason Mueller (Nor. Cal) *Jim Dandy*
7) Jerad (Florida) *Jim Dandy*
Cool Greg Banfill's (California) *Jim Dandy* now lives in the UK
9) Chad (Florida) *Jim Dandy*
10) Jayson (Indiana) *Jim Dandy*

any updates / change of hands?


My repop Jim Dandy's are all over the world but you can tell from an original. I intentionally used Stainless steel feet (there are 2 with cast aluminum feet) and all have correct looking stainless turnbuckles. The threaded studs are stainless as well.... hardware is steel on an original. The 2 uprights on each side are also not as thick gauge as original. Just things to look out for if spending big bucks for an "original" rack.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 12:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

Who's got the registre for the Jim Dandy Racks. Just traded for a car that has an original rack on it and want to get it registered. Any info would be much appreciated. Also, is there one for swamp coolers as well?

Thanks,

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

JLamp wrote:
Who's got the registre for the Jim Dandy Racks. Just traded for a car that has an original rack on it and want to get it registered. Any info would be much appreciated. Also, is there one for swamp coolers as well?

Thanks,

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Which car did the Jim Dandy come on and who did you get the car from? I'm guessing I may know. Lol
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

Yeah...got the car from Jeremy Brooks with the rack!
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

JLamp wrote:
Yeah...got the car from Jeremy Brooks with the rack!


That Jim Dandy was mine before I sold it to Jeremy. I bought it back in 2011. Send me a message through samba if you have any questions

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 7:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

Feel free to update names. I updated #1 with my name. (I'm 1 and 9)

1) Chad (Florida) *Empi Titelock*
2) Jason Mueller (Nor Cal) *Empi Titelock*
3) Jerad (Florida) *Empi Titelock*
4) The one in (New York) * Jim Dandy *
5) Roscoe's (California) * Jim Dandy*
6) JLamp (Georgia) *Jim Dandy*
7) Jerad (Florida) *Jim Dandy*
Cool Greg Banfill's (California) *Jim Dandy* now lives in the UK
9) Chad (Florida) *Jim Dandy*
10) Jayson (Indiana) *Jim Dandy*
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:16 am    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

I have one

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:22 am    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

jz56oval wrote:
If anyone is looking to buy a real original finish empi Titelock rack here is your chance.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2445811

OUCH
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:31 pm    Post subject: Re: Very Rare Jim Dandy luggage rack! how many out there? Reply with quote

DAMN GINA !!!!! Good luck on the sale brotha ...... wish I had NEVER sold mine
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