Luggage rack
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From: deland fl
Luggage rack
Hi Guys...
The more I look at the luggage rack on my 75 convertible, the more I wish I had just filled the mounting holes and not used it. I think it ruins the lines of the best looking body shape ever put on a Corvette....
IMHO. I'll probably get beat up for that
How many people actually use the rack for luggage or anything else, bags of mulch, bags of sand, bags of potting soil, bags of quikcrete,
or lumber? Just wondering
Enjoy !
Larry
The more I look at the luggage rack on my 75 convertible, the more I wish I had just filled the mounting holes and not used it. I think it ruins the lines of the best looking body shape ever put on a Corvette....
IMHO. I'll probably get beat up for that
How many people actually use the rack for luggage or anything else, bags of mulch, bags of sand, bags of potting soil, bags of quikcrete,
or lumber? Just wondering
Enjoy !
Larry
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From: Pensacola Florida
I use the luggage rack to strap on my t-tops all during Spring, Summer, and Fall.
If its nice weather the t-tops are on the luggage rack. I have NEVER used the rack for anything else except tops.
Larry
If its nice weather the t-tops are on the luggage rack. I have NEVER used the rack for anything else except tops.
Larry
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St. Jude Donor '14
My car has it's problems with the body, and I thought the luggage rack looked bad, too. It was getting rusty and pitted. I took it off and went to the hardware store and bought some trim buttons. Painted them the same color as the car and pushed them into the rubber well nuts. It looks better than not having them on.
Racer
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From: Carrollton Texas
I like them, I don't have one but I wouldn't mind if my current car had come equipped! A couple of my friends are adamant that it ruins the lines...to each his own! 
Last edited by TexasTechDad; Jan 11, 2010 at 12:55 PM.
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From: deland fl
My car has it's problems with the body, and I thought the luggage rack looked bad, too. It was getting rusty and pitted. I took it off and went to the hardware store and bought some trim buttons. Painted them the same color as the car and pushed them into the rubber well nuts. It looks better than not having them on.
Thanks, I'm gonna do that!
Larry
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This topic has been beaten up many many times...a simple search will offer you 3 pages of luggage rack discussion
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/sear...rchid=14272171
BTW, I happen to like the look.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/sear...rchid=14272171
BTW, I happen to like the look.
Racer
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From: New England
I love mine, I have 5 cars and I find myself driving my Vette almost everyday,so it's convenient to have it on when I am out and have to bring something home rather than go home and get my truck or other car. With over 350,000 miles in 32 years I've used it quite a few hundred times. Mine is the style that you can remove with a few bolts so it's not a big deal to take it off and on if you want to.
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From: Brown Summit North Carolina
This question about what others think always seems strange to me.
Its you car , until someone else makes the payments on it what differecne does it make rather they like the way it looks.
I have a rack and I like it. The 1st person with 40K can take the rack off my car(their car) and paint it pink if they want.
Having said that. You said you wish you had filled the holes in, in the past and not installed the rack.
I do not see the problem. Now if you had said I wish I had (never drilled) the holes in my car , then I would see your frustration.
Just fill them in now / paint the car / and sell the rack and have fun with your car.
You list of uses for a luggage rack seems to be missing many more pratical uses like others have listed.
David
Its you car , until someone else makes the payments on it what differecne does it make rather they like the way it looks.
I have a rack and I like it. The 1st person with 40K can take the rack off my car(their car) and paint it pink if they want.
Having said that. You said you wish you had filled the holes in, in the past and not installed the rack.
I do not see the problem. Now if you had said I wish I had (never drilled) the holes in my car , then I would see your frustration.
Just fill them in now / paint the car / and sell the rack and have fun with your car.
You list of uses for a luggage rack seems to be missing many more pratical uses like others have listed.
David
Last edited by dmayhew; Jan 11, 2010 at 06:18 PM.
Drifting
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This topic has been beaten up many many times...a simple search will offer you 3 pages of luggage rack discussion
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/sear...rchid=14272171
BTW, I happen to like the look.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/sear...rchid=14272171
BTW, I happen to like the look.
The color combo / vert / wheels / tires all work together to make 1 beautiful car.
David
Last edited by dmayhew; Jan 11, 2010 at 06:16 PM.
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My 69 coupe has one and it's been there since it left the dealer. While I don't mind it being there, I'll probably take it off if/when I do a repaint. I don't dislike them with or without really. It's one of those things, it was of the era. While it does require a little extra elbow grease when shining all the chrome, I certainly wouldn't make a decision to purchase based on a luggage rack!
Heck, my Hummer H3 doesn't have any racks on top, and I could have used them when I bought a couple 8' pcs. of trim over this past summer!
Heck, my Hummer H3 doesn't have any racks on top, and I could have used them when I bought a couple 8' pcs. of trim over this past summer!
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From: The only Corvettes in Highett Victoria
Like your rack!!!
dariopop,
Yours is the FIRST Corvette I've seen that has a luggage rack similar to mine. Mine has the two knurled ***** at the rear and the two hinges at the front. I thought that it must have been a home-made unit until I saw your picture.
I'm guessing that there were a few different manufacturers of racks, depending on which part of the country you call home. I see that you have a Connecticut plate, so maybe my car was first sold in this area. It's a May 1974 build. BTW, what's all that white stuff on the ground?
Regards from Down Under
aussiejohn
Yours is the FIRST Corvette I've seen that has a luggage rack similar to mine. Mine has the two knurled ***** at the rear and the two hinges at the front. I thought that it must have been a home-made unit until I saw your picture.
I'm guessing that there were a few different manufacturers of racks, depending on which part of the country you call home. I see that you have a Connecticut plate, so maybe my car was first sold in this area. It's a May 1974 build. BTW, what's all that white stuff on the ground?
Regards from Down Under
aussiejohn
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From: deland fl
This question about what others think always seems strange to me.
Its you car , until someone else makes the payments on it what differecne does it make rather they like the way it looks.
I have a rack and I like it. The 1st person with 40K can take the rack off my car(their car) and paint it pink if they want.
Having said that. You said you wish you had filled the holes in, in the past and not installed the rack.
I do not see the problem. Now if you had said I wish I had (never drilled) the holes in my car , then I would see your frustration.
Just fill them in now / paint the car / and sell the rack and have fun with your car.
You list of uses for a luggage rack seems to be missing many more pratical uses like others have listed.
David
Its you car , until someone else makes the payments on it what differecne does it make rather they like the way it looks.
I have a rack and I like it. The 1st person with 40K can take the rack off my car(their car) and paint it pink if they want.
Having said that. You said you wish you had filled the holes in, in the past and not installed the rack.
I do not see the problem. Now if you had said I wish I had (never drilled) the holes in my car , then I would see your frustration.
Just fill them in now / paint the car / and sell the rack and have fun with your car.
You list of uses for a luggage rack seems to be missing many more pratical uses like others have listed.
David
Didn't mean to offend.
Larry
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2 replies here
GG82 , your are welcome
To the OP, leskinner
I guess my reply was too harsh sounding. I appoligize for sounding pissy
You have no reason to aplloligize to me.
Just enjoy your car brother.
David
GG82 , your are welcome
To the OP, leskinner
I guess my reply was too harsh sounding. I appoligize for sounding pissy
You have no reason to aplloligize to me.
Just enjoy your car brother.
David
Last edited by dmayhew; Jan 12, 2010 at 06:05 PM.
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I can see the use of it on a vert, but it just looks off IMHO, I can see even more of a use with it with T-tops, my dads 72 coupe has the luggage rack and he uses it all the time for his T-tops, and I think it looks ok on his car, but if its not a chrome bumper coupe, the luggage rack looks REALLY off
Miles
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Miles, are those support pieces on your Dad's car part of the original hardware to hold the t-tops? Or are they after-market?
I ask bc I have a rack but have never studied how the t-tops ride securely. I saw them and wondered? Thanks for any help.
I ask bc I have a rack but have never studied how the t-tops ride securely. I saw them and wondered? Thanks for any help.