slantsix
slantsix HalfDork
4/6/25 10:01 p.m.

So I entered the world of liking roof racks in addition to ro to replace hitch carriers for bikes and other gear.

I have confidently figured out out to make things work with my rain gutter equipped MoPars, which covers most of everything for me from 1960-1976 for the Darts, Valiants, Dusters, etc. even My E body 1973 Barracuda Has modest rain gutters, they are smaller , but still there. In the Later 70's some of the rain gutters disappeared on the F Bodies such as the Volare' and Aspen etc.

So my question is this is there a way to mount cross (load) bars on a gutterless car like this? (Pictures below) I know they can be affixed to modern gutterless cars, suv's etc.

Thanks sages!

 

jgrewe
jgrewe Dork
4/6/25 11:08 p.m.

I was selling Yakima and Thule racks at ski shops when those cars were only a few years old. The only option they had back then was a trunk mount rack.

You might be able to make something work but the fact there is trim where a gutterless hook might grab will be a problem.

Trent
Trent UltimaDork
4/6/25 11:46 p.m.

Seasucker "monkey bars"?

slantsix
slantsix HalfDork
4/7/25 6:34 a.m.

In reply to Trent :

Thank you, those seersucker products seems to be the ticket for this task!, I could go with the monkey bars, but If I wanted to just carry a bike or 2 it seems that they have seperate attachments for just that as well!

adam525i
adam525i SuperDork
4/7/25 8:45 a.m.

In reply to slantsix :

If you are just looking to carry bikes this Seasucker alternative is actually pretty nice from amazon. I picked one up after seeing it in the video below, I haven't used it yet but I don't expect to have any problems. The kit even comes with some spare parts and a bunch of different axle adapters that just swap out, I'm not sure why Seth didn't use them when he tested it.

 

slantsix
slantsix HalfDork
4/7/25 9:00 a.m.

In reply to adam525i :

Thanks, I will look into that as well.

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