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Mine came with a black plastic version of those you show which and no steel or stainless top. I found some stainless "fender" washers with the correct center hole (1/4 or 5/16 I don't recall) and had some thin rubber washers with the same O/D as the stainless and oddly enough the same thickness as the well-nut that sticks out and pretty much the same I/D as the well-nut flange O/D so they center up and make a flat surface for the stainless washer to rest on.
Missing the bump on the washer doesn't seem to have any impact (been on for years and off several times for various reasons) as the standoffs can't rotate and since the center is the correct size it can't slide off position
At least not for me and I've had the t-roofs on there numerous times so they've had use
M
You pretty much have to use the rubber washers under the stainless washers, I'm not sure where the plastic "washers" that came with my rack were supposed to go but they wouldn't clear the well-nut heads so they'd sit on top and look extra strange
M
You need to have something keeping the vertical pieces centered on those washers. AND you need to have rubber washers under the SS washers...so that the paint doesn't get shaved away from vibration/heat-cool, etc. Surely someone has a set of the correct washers left over from when they threw the rack away. You find them and other stock luggage rack parts at most Corvette swap meets.
You pretty much have to use the rubber washers under the stainless washers, I'm not sure where the plastic "washers" that came with my rack were supposed to go but they wouldn't clear the well-nut heads so they'd sit on top and look extra strange
M
In looking at what I have, I'm pretty sure that the rubber washers cannot end up flush because of the wellnut head being higher than the fiberglass. It seems that the rubber washers should have each have a hole large enough for the wellnut head to fit through, so when the SS washer is atop the rubber washer, it can lay flat on top of the rubber washer.
So the plastic washers (with the raised ident) don't get used. Can the rubber washers get "squished" enough to end up flat under the SS washer? Is that about right?
I don't think you could "squish" the rubber enough without damaging something
The washers I found look like this
The stainless washer is slightly bigger (I was going to turn them down slightly but didn't bother and it sort of hides the rubber a bit) This isn't the same washer I/D as what I used but the O/D is the same
The plastic washer with the raised bump I can't see how to use without it showing so I didn't use them
There's nothing holding the bottom from moving around but mine have only been on for 10 or so years without moving but maybe I'm just lucky
M
Thank you, Mooser, for those photos. They answered a few questions I had.
The rubber washers in your pics are just what I thought you used, as the holes have to be wider that the width of the wellnut heads so all lay flush on top of the fiberglass and under the SS washer. Looks like I need rubber washers with larger holes, and SS washers, or as 7T1 suggests, the real thing.
Last edited by cor66vette; 01-28-2019 at 09:13 PM.
You need to have something keeping the vertical pieces centered on those washers. AND you need to have rubber washers under the SS washers...so that the paint doesn't get shaved away from vibration/heat-cool, etc. Surely someone has a set of the correct washers left over from when they threw the rack away. You find them and other stock luggage rack parts at most Corvette swap meets.
I'm not even certain I'll mount the thing, but I want to have what I need in case I do, or sell it off.
My suspicions lead me to believe you do not take a liking to luggage racks.
No. Actually I like the rack on some C3 configurations: Coupes with dark colored paint. As you can see in my avatar, I have a Bridgehampton Blue coupe; I also have a luggage rack...which I use on occasion. I don't like the rack on 1974 and later C3's, convertibles nor on many light-colored cars. That's just my preference.
In other words, the chrome-colored rack looks good on cars that "show their chrome".
@mooser: I tried SS washers like in your photo, but the hole in the washer is a tad larger than the sleeve, and a slight void is apparent at the base of the sleeve. The outside diameter fits nicely, like yours. The washers that came with the rack are black plastic not SS, (I wish I knew that prior to purchase, but oh well) and the holes in the rubber washers are not wide enough to clear the wellnut heads. I can widen the holes in the rubber washers easily enough, I just need SS washers with holes wide enough. I've tried a few hardware stores and the washers are identical to each other, which leads me to ask if any of what I'm saying sounds familiar to you when you mounted your rack, being there doesn't seem to be that void in yours, and it looks like it's a proper fit. Thanks
01-27-2019, 02:39 PM
Make-do luggage rack parts?
I was reading between lines that weren't there. 
