My '85 60 came w/ a nice 7 foot Wilderness Rack put on by the PO. However, the rack doesn't have a floor, which obviously limits its utility. SOR's got the solution, but it costs over $200 to get it to my door. I called the local welding shop and for 8 pieces of one inch steel tubing, with appropriate holes drilled, they're quoting about $100. By the time I got all the mounting hardware I figure I'd be at about $115 to do it myself. Can anyone think of a cheaper way to get a workable floor in? I've thought about just bolting in some marine plywood but that would wreck my already abysmal gas mileage, and look kind of beat. Any help/thought is appreciated.
Roof rack flooring
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I was thinking of doing the same thing, i think im gonna go with the marine grade plywood and paint the snot out of it to get the most years out of it before it rots. the top im gonna paint white to deflect heat and the bottum black to match my theme. I have a con-ferr rack so i think i can do it with one 8x4 sheet.
cbmontgo
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I bought mine used from a guy who had a mesh grill material welded in. It is very strong, and looks good too. Here is the material that was used:
ya that is expanded steel, if i find that im gonna go with it. it is just really expensive if you cant find it used
Marine plywood will work but so will any other so long as it's painted up real well.
Better of doing as Cbmontgo pointed out by going with the screen mesh.
http://www.metalwire-mesh.com/wire-mesh/stainless-steel-wire/crimped-wire-mesh.htm
http://www.twpinc.com/
http://www.bwire.com/
Don't have any pricing so good luck. Figure you can put wire mesh in and if welding it in isn't your thing I know hose clamps will work.
Good luck, and let us know, cause I've yet to do a roof rack.
Better of doing as Cbmontgo pointed out by going with the screen mesh.
http://www.metalwire-mesh.com/wire-mesh/stainless-steel-wire/crimped-wire-mesh.htm
http://www.twpinc.com/
http://www.bwire.com/
Don't have any pricing so good luck. Figure you can put wire mesh in and if welding it in isn't your thing I know hose clamps will work.
Good luck, and let us know, cause I've yet to do a roof rack.
cbmontgo said:
I am running the same stuff in my rack.
If I were going to do it again I may look at some of these materials.
http://www.mcnichols.com/products/perforated/
I went and measured my sheet of expanded steel but it came up short only 5.5 feet, and it was a little rusted. I would have given it to you (charged shipping) it's been in my garage for 3 years. Sorry, but keep looking let us know what you do and post some pics
