F34R's wooden roof rack(finished/installed)

[Nsquared97]

Dang man looking very nice! Can't wait to see the finished product.

[gp.plus]

Beautiful work sir, might i suggest you make your own wood bike trays? Would really help complete the look. You can get just the fork mount piece for mounting in a truck bed, the rest would be pretty straight forward.


yakima makes one too

[F34R]

Thought about it, for now I am going to rock the Yakima one.

I want a wind fairing, so that is the next thing on the list. But at the price of 71+ for a piece of plastic...I said hell no. So I am thinking of MAYBE using a Thule one and just repainting it.

[F34R]

I thought I would take the time to give you guys a sneak peek of the pattern!
Pics are in the second post of pictures.

[Pantless Spency]

There is that 45.00 rack on ebay that would work perfect. DO IT! I already showed most of what to do ;)




Is there a wind blocker in the front? If so sell it to me! And most welcome for the inspiration.

no fairing :( but its from like the 80's and has 654132165 attatchments that are just about period correct... hahahhaa :D

but i need to trim the crossbars, there sticking out about a foot on each side of the car, looks so funny but it's actually growing on me, its starting to look good.

[AbeSonic]

What a great looking rack Brandon! If I ever make a wood rack I would love to make it out of blood wood. :)

[freeride53]

that's chill

[F34R]

Added the urethane coating pics to post #2. Hope you guys enjoy the shine! They are so shiny in the sunlight, sorry for the inside pictures. I had to wait 6 hours in between coats. It was too dark outside to get pictures after they were safe to handle. And sorry for just uploading shiny pictures. I know you guys just want to see it installed...the meat in the middle does not matter.

[graphikg]

Looks amazing! and great vintage idea.

[F34R]

Looks amazing! and great vintage idea.

Thank you, I have always loved building things out of wood.

[luTTz]

Too cool... looking forward to seeing the finished product.

[luTTz]

There is that 45.00 rack on ebay that would work perfect.

Mind pointing me in the direction of that... my ebay searches have been fruitless.

[F34R]

Mind pointing me in the direction of that... my ebay searches have been fruitless.

No problem:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280805084649&_trksid=p2992.m753#ht_1736wt_1189

If that items ends here is the seller for future lookers:

http://myworld.ebay.com/cyclingdeal_usa_2011/?_trksid=p4340.l2559

[shaferbm]

I love this thread so much. You're doing this right!

[iSOregon]

ive been wanting to do this and wood flooring in the trunk for a long time. when the weather gets nice up here its on. cant wait to see the finished product