[T3] Roofracks

[Sonny8oy@aol.com]

On my travels recently, I saw a Fiat 128 Wagon with a roofrack identical to 
those dealer installed on Squarebacks in the '60s and '70s. Fiat 128s aren't 
particularly common here, and I haven't seen any more with the same rack, so 
I don't whether this was by chance (i.e. pilfered from a Squareback), or 
whether it was a rack made here that VWoA decided to adopt. What makes me 
think the latter is that I also saw one on top of a Conversion Van. This was 
identical, except the cast aluminum legs were slightly different (flatter 
bottom for mounting, maybe, can't remember).

Also, i get a quite a lot of people asking me about racks for their Fastbacks 
or Notchbacks (and Squareback ones that gutter mount): if it doesn't have to 
look vintage, go to your nearest Thule (http://www.thule.com) dealer--they 
have gutter mounting racks that will fit a Type 3, and of course you can then 
put any Thule attachment (e.g. bike, ski, board, box, etc.) on it.

Campbell

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