I have a 300 paddy hopkirk rack! Didn't realise that made me cool but I can take pics of it fitted to any of mine with or without kayaks/bikes/other tat if you like.

I too have a paddy hopkirk roofrack.
Think we have enough owners for a Sub-club now.

The v3mphrroc.

Will roof racks work on a 3-door?

Good roofrack related question there Tom.

Answer currently unknown.

yes, the roof and raingutters are universal for 3 and 5 door models

Dug mine out and got busy:




Came in really handy for this afternoon's LPG conversion:

wahahahaha, that lpg conversion actually made me drop of my chair

volvodspec wrote:wahahahaha, that lpg conversion actually made me drop of my chair

I thought it was the worlds most deadly Nitrous system

I really like the look of those little roofracks. Im deff going to rock one full time.

Flogging the mpgs, to the bare minimum. If i cant do it with power, i'll do it with luggage.

in that case, why not try a welding bottle with pure oxygine at 600psi or something similar; drossle it to 7psi or something similar and get that into the air intake with a large one way valve to keep the overpressure from escaping through the airfilter; throw a extra laughing gass tank next to it on the roofrack and sure you will have the ultimate bottle-tuning

DIY nos/turbo-boost in a bottle ftw

allright, that's enough beer for one evening

Hmmm....

I think that one of John's roofrack setups might be unsafe...

After a bit of investigation it appears he's using a 'Paddy Hopkirk Universal Luggage Deck' on his roofbars. According to the well known (and frequently visited by myself) website 'roof-rack-supplies.co.uk':

"Universal Luggage Deck:

Not suitable for the carrying of canoes, kayaks and ladders."

It says nothing about 2 calor gas cans though.

I never realised there could be so many rules for the use of roof bars! Could we possibly have a roofbar sub-forum?

tommysb wrote:
I never realised there could be so many rules for the use of roof bars! Could we possibly have a roofbar sub-forum?

does it say anything about people not using them as a makeshift 129mph surfboard of death?

Hi Lads.
Cheque out the roof rack on the back of the VOC magazine.Its atteched to my motor.
Cheers Mark.

That picture is gorgeous... didn't twig it was your car!

Do you have an electronic version? Should be up here!

MCHUDD wrote:Hi Lads.
Cheque out the roof rack on the back of the VOC magazine.Its atteched to my motor.
Cheers Mark.

VOC magazine???
It costs 75 quid to join doesnt it?


Thats one magazine im sure never to see dude.

And wheres the pics of your car with the cap on dude?

everyones dying to see.

Hi Ben.
I will send you the pictures off the shoot. A mate of mine is a photo genious.
The pics were done at work last December.
Cheers Mark.