Originally Posted by Rev Ron

I am restoring my 70 Stingray that had a 4 hole luggage rack on it (there are 4 holes in the body). I am told that I probably need to put another luggage rack on it, instead of doing body work, because the fiberglass used to fill the holes WILL shrink after putting on a fresh coat of paint. I am ok with putting on a rack. Here is the problem. All the new luggage racks I can buy (Ecklers/ Corvette America) are smaller, with holes that do not match up to my current holes. I see a well-worn 4 hole luggage rack on Ebay. The width is perfect (40 1/2"), but the height is off. My holes are 14", but the holes on the Ebay rack are 21". Yes, I can drill new holes in this one and make it work (but will it look crummy?) Is there a luggage rack with the dimensions i need?

Originally Posted by Rev Ron

I am brand new to the Vette world. I've surveyed this site, but still cannot come up with a definite answer, though I have an idea. My 70 has what I think to be 4 holes on the rear deck for a luggage rack (not 6 holes, not 8 holes). The holes are 41" apart, outside to outside. Not 38 1/2" apart, like the luggage racks at Ecklers. What is the deal? I realize that in 1970, the logger racks were a dealer installed item, so who knows what rack the dealer might have used? Or, one of the owners may have installed it, so who knows which one they installed? It may have been a luggage rack from a later model? I really don't want to put a rack back on it, but hear the bad stories, that the repairs on the luggage rack holes often do let last because the fiberglass repair shrinks. I feel like I HAVE to put a luggage rack back on. Who knows about a Vette luggage rack that is 41" apart? Talk to me, plz!