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Postby jclay (RIP 2018) » 13 Mar 2011 20:39

I can't stand them but I kept getting points taken off for haveing holes in the boot lid. I made mine black and put it back on. No more points lost!

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Postby yorkens » 13 Mar 2011 20:54

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Rust Restorer</i>

A good alternative to a bootrack is something called a Bootbag, this is simply a bag, sitting on a mat, strapped onto the boot with 3 straps. Can assure you they are perfect for a motoring holiday, and dont budge an inch, even between Norfolk and Le Mans. You just simply remove and carry like a holdall. They dont mark the boot at all.

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http://www.boot-bag.com/boot-bag_classic.htm

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Seems quite expensive for simply a chinese made? looking bag + mat, and on top of that you have to source your own front straps, they seem to have forgotten these... amazing!
I´m glad my car came with the nice stainless original rack

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Postby trekcarbonboy » 13 Mar 2011 22:20

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">[i]Originally posted by gaz
nah ye don't wanna do that its one or tuther

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Right. Installed on the spare lid not the one with the rack. That would just be silly.

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Postby Rust Restorer » 14 Mar 2011 20:51

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">
Yorkens, Seems quite expensive for simply a chinese made? looking bag + mat, and on top of that you have to source your own front straps, they seem to have forgotten these... amazing!
I´m glad my car came with the nice stainless original rack
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Eh!!! Dont understand your response? Its British Made, not Chinese, Very Good Quality, It came with all straps, expensive? Mine was £68 and Aluminium/Wood Boot Racks are £82 + Staps required, Stainless Steel are £107 + Straps required.

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Postby Beans » 14 Mar 2011 21:00

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Rust Restorer</i>

... + Straps required ... <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Not to mention the wicker basket or "old" leather suitcase you'll need [:D]

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Postby yorkens » 14 Mar 2011 21:31

<i>Originally posted by Rust Restorer</i>

Eh!!! Dont understand your response? Its British Made, not Chinese, Very Good Quality, It came with all straps, expensive? Mine was £68 and Aluminium/Wood Boot Racks are £82 + Staps required, Stainless Steel are £107 + Straps required.
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Apologies, i just couldn´t see the front straps. I´m pleased to know it´s made in
England. I´m getting to like the brown one. I wonder if anyone has a photo of the bag on a factory TR7 rack?

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Postby Odd » 15 Mar 2011 12:49

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> + Straps required. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Andy, I think we're talking different tomatoes here;

The European luggage rack (still available I think) is a loose contraption with 'straps' and rubberised
feet that you temporarily fit onto the boot lid (had one on my Spitfire - I know the four dimples made
by the feet are still there...). A p.o.s. I'd say. [Sounds like the bag mentioned is a soft variant of this
- without the dimpling feet, but still with the upwards bending straps.]

The American luggage rack is a US sourced (and since long only available in e-bay and such places
usually 100+ dollars or so for a good second hand one) and permanently affixed contraption without
any extra fastening straps and such. But, since it's a permanent fit you get eight tiny holes in the boot
lid <u>under</u> the four (let's call it) 'feet'.

It never ends to amuse me: Two markets - divided by a common language... [:D]

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Postby DNK » 15 Mar 2011 13:13

Odd, A friend of mine has 2 boot lids . One with and one without. He drives around without it and if he needs the rack he changes lids. This is on his 6 and he will be doing the same with his new Wedge
http://www.74tr6.com/luggagerack.htm

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Postby FI Spyder » 15 Mar 2011 13:56

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by DNK</i>

Odd, A friend of mine has 2 boot lids . One with and one without. He drives around without it and if he needs the rack he changes lids.
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Seems like a lot of trouble just to get more storage in a sports car. Better to leave that extra suit, second and third week change of clothes and visit the laundromat once a week instead while on the road.[:p]


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Postby ColoradoTR8 » 15 Mar 2011 22:17

My car had a luggage rack and I found another bootlid that was alreay the same color without a rack and swapped them out. Just like Don was talking about. Takes about ten minutes to swap boot lids.

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Postby john » 16 Mar 2011 11:23

thats better an even debate now as i have a spare boot lid i think i'll go for it

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Postby Workshop Help » 16 Mar 2011 11:46

I thought we discussed the topic of luggage racks here not that long ago.

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Postby DNK » 16 Mar 2011 12:14

What goes around ,comes around-Daniel Larusso

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Postby ColoradoTR8 » 17 Mar 2011 23:24

Someone has been watching Karate Kid... again [:D]

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Postby DNK » 18 Mar 2011 03:26

Dang, thought I could slip that one by![;)]

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