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    Posted: 14 Apr 10 at 9:27pm
Didn't Uffa Fox famously car top his flying fifteen after just unbolting the keel and slinging it in the boot.
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Originally posted by Peaky

I have a 51 reg Civic (with sun roof) that has a limit of 20kg on the roof.  Hope yours was higher than that!

 

This was the new model mate i think the limit was 80 kg
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Originally posted by Roger

Originally posted by JimC

Back in the days before the bureacracy and endless regulation folks roofracked just about anything three people could lift... I'm sure Entrprises and the like travelled like that, but ultimately trailers are less work.
As long as you could still open the doors you knew the roof wasn't bending too much: beyond that it was a question of driving more slowly round corners and being wary of crosswinds.

 

Well I certainly car topped a Contender back in the 80s, and a few others did too.

I know the Olympic guys used to car top their 470s over onto the continent, save on ferry charges.

As Jim says it wasn't unusual to see all sorts on a roof in those days.

 

I roof racked two lasers (piggybacked) on a Ford Cortina estate all the way across Europe to the Laser worlds In Sardinia. Corners were lots of fun! Roger Tush used to roof his 470 to Europe and ended up in a ditch, although as that was on a motorway, sleep was more likely to blame!
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Originally posted by Jamesd




It would look less ridiculous if the whole picture was upside down and the
polo was on the roof ready to be sailed off the island[/QUOTE]



Someone else could make it look like its on water I amsure!
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Originally posted by G.R.F.

Originally posted by I luv Wight

Someone collected an A-class cat from me - roof racking on a
Polo!


You really shouldn't have let him leave the island alive...

It just goes to show

Why anyone who sails a cat should be put down, it's the humane thing to do.

Necessity being the mother of invention I might just be the first person to roofrack a 100 on a Smart.
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Originally posted by I luv Wight

I roofyrack everywhere ( 'cos I'm also on the IOW ),
moths at 2.25m wide, Cherubs, ICs, on a range of cars - MiniMetro, Escort,
Astra, Pug405. Someone collected an A-class cat from me - roof racking on
a Polo!14_122045_arrack.jpg">


It would look less ridiculous if the whole picture was upside down and the
polo was on the roof ready to be sailed off the island
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Originally posted by JimC

Back in the days before the bureacracy and endless regulation folks roofracked just about anything three people could lift... I'm sure Entrprises and the like travelled like that, but ultimately trailers are less work.
As long as you could still open the doors you knew the roof wasn't bending too much: beyond that it was a question of driving more slowly round corners and being wary of crosswinds.

 

Well I certainly car topped a Contender back in the 80s, and a few others did too.

I know the Olympic guys used to car top their 470s over onto the continent, save on ferry charges.

As Jim says it wasn't unusual to see all sorts on a roof in those days.

 
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Originally posted by I luv Wight

Someone collected an A-class cat from me - roof racking on a
Polo!


You really shouldn't have let him leave the island alive...

It just goes to show

Why anyone who sails a cat should be put down, it's the humane thing to do.
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Originally posted by SimonW99

Try this instead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTPiKjfvDoQ 

For the lazy ones amongst us.



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Try this instead

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