Looking for a few bits, roof rack and things

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Torak

Guest

• May 18, 2005

• #1

I'm trying to find a roof bar - nothing expensive or fancy, just so I
can attach a rotating beacon without punching holes in the roof - for
my 90; I'm dressing it up as a Military Police vehicle (with the
appropriate permissions, of course) for a thing next month, but the
cheapest roof rack bar thing I could find was £50. Can anyone
recommend anything? Price is the main consideration, just needs to be a
single bar.

Second thing: Blue rotating beacons. Magnet base or bolts, whatever,
ideally to fit a lighter socket, but anything will do. Where can I get
one (cheaply)?

Some other random bits I'm looking for:
NATO Olive Green paint
Spade and pickaxe for the back

And some ingenious way of installing a radio, CD changer, comm radio
and things in the gap between the front seats.

Any kernels of genius gratefully accepted!

 

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Tom Woods

Guest

• May 18, 2005

• #2

On 18 May 2005 14:04:43 -0700, "Torak" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I'm trying to find a roof bar - nothing expensive or fancy, just so I
>can attach a rotating beacon without punching holes in the roof - for
>my 90; I'm dressing it up as a Military Police vehicle (with the
>appropriate permissions, of course) for a thing next month, but the
>cheapest roof rack bar thing I could find was £50. Can anyone
>recommend anything? Price is the main consideration, just needs to be a
>single bar.

>Second thing: Blue rotating beacons. Magnet base or bolts, whatever,
>ideally to fit a lighter socket, but anything will do. Where can I get
>one (cheaply)?

I'm sure that previously i saw someone suggest sticking a small (but
fairly thick) sheet of steel on the inside of your roof using silicon
or similar. You can then stick a magnetic beacon on the outside of the
roof.
Now i think about this - it probably explains what the multiple sheets
of metal stuck on the inside of the roof of my landy are!

>Some other random bits I'm looking for:
>NATO Olive Green paint
>Spade and pickaxe for the back

anchor supplies definately sell the paint
(http://www.anchorsupplies.com/paint.htm). they might have the spade
and pickaxe too.
there are lots of other miltary shops listed on www.milweb.net. and im
sure you can find one that has the bits you need!

>And some ingenious way of installing a radio, CD changer, comm radio
>and things in the gap between the front seats.

I built a box out of mdf, fairly easy to do and a lot cheaper than
buying a ready made one (they are available from a fair few places,
often called 'cubby boxes')

>Any kernels of genius gratefully accepted!

 

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Torak

Guest

• May 19, 2005

• #3

Yeah, the steel plate was one idea. But I don't want to have to punch
holes in the roof and rivet it and so on, and without rivets or bolts
I'll keep worrying about the plate falling off and braining me. ;-)
No idea where to get cheap roofracks, then?

Thanks for the links, I'll try them.

MDF it is, then.

Cheers!

 

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Paul S. Brown

Guest

• May 19, 2005

• #4

Torak wrote:

> I'm trying to find a roof bar - nothing expensive or fancy, just so I
> can attach a rotating beacon without punching holes in the roof - for
> my 90; I'm dressing it up as a Military Police vehicle (with the
> appropriate permissions, of course) for a thing next month, but the
> cheapest roof rack bar thing I could find was £50. Can anyone
> recommend anything? Price is the main consideration, just needs to be a
> single bar.

Buy one of Halfords generic bars and the appropriate gutter clamps? I had a
set of spots mounted on one of those for a while.

>
> Second thing: Blue rotating beacons. Magnet base or bolts, whatever,
> ideally to fit a lighter socket, but anything will do. Where can I get
> one (cheaply)?
>

http://www.distel.co.uk/Asps/details1.asp?ID=BG46

Ain't cheap though.

> Some other random bits I'm looking for:
> NATO Olive Green paint
> Spade and pickaxe for the back
>

Anchor supplies: http://www.anchor-supplies.co.uk

> And some ingenious way of installing a radio, CD changer, comm radio
> and things in the gap between the front seats.
>

Big MDF box with cutouts.

Or duct tape the lot together and then wedge it in place.


> Any kernels of genius gratefully accepted!

--
1992 200 TDI Disco - heavily modified
1982 V8 Range Rover - heavily corroded
2000 Rover 75 - heavily driven
1993 Lexus LS400 - just plain heavy on fuel

 

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Torak

Guest

• May 19, 2005

• #5

Cheers, Halfords sounds like a plan.

 

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Neil

Guest

• May 22, 2005

• #6

On 18 May 2005 14:04:43 -0700, "Torak" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I'm trying to find a roof bar - nothing expensive or fancy, just so I
>can attach a rotating beacon without punching holes in the roof - for
>my 90; I'm dressing it up as a Military Police vehicle (with the
>appropriate permissions, of course) for a thing next month, but the
>cheapest roof rack bar thing I could find was £50. Can anyone
>recommend anything? Price is the main consideration, just needs to be a
>single bar.
>
Hi

I'm looking to get a full roof rack for my 90. This means I will have
three (yes, 3!) very heavy duty roof bars surplus to requirements. So
if you're interested, I could sell you one of them and still leave a
pair to be sold together.

Neil
(near Coventry)

(Reply via NG please)

 

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Torak

Guest

• May 25, 2005

• #7

Neil wrote:
> On 18 May 2005 14:04:43 -0700, "Torak" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I'm trying to find a roof bar - nothing expensive or fancy, just so I
> >can attach a rotating beacon without punching holes in the roof - for
> >my 90; I'm dressing it up as a Military Police vehicle (with the
> >appropriate permissions, of course) for a thing next month, but the
> >cheapest roof rack bar thing I could find was £50. Can anyone
> >recommend anything? Price is the main consideration, just needs to be a
> >single bar.
>
> I'm looking to get a full roof rack for my 90. This means I will have
> three (yes, 3!) very heavy duty roof bars surplus to requirements. So
> if you're interested, I could sell you one of them and still leave a
> pair to be sold together.

Sounds interesting... how much would you be wanting for it?

> (near Coventry)

....and how much would shipping go for?

 

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Torak

Guest

• May 30, 2005

• #8

Never mind, it'll probably take too long to get here now - I'm leaving
on the 9th.Thanks anyway!