Looking for a roof rack for my 81 240d anyone know where to get one or have one for sale?

anything with gutter clamps will work essentially.

yakima and thule will give you an excellent product for a lofty price, look for gutter towers on ebay, craigslist, ect for those models.

there are cheaper options though-

lots of these will work-

Rain Gutter Roof Racks - Van Ladder Rack and Thule Parts

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I like pickups myself

I want a vintage one with the wood slats and chrome....like you see on vw bugs....

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I bet wagon roof racks would look nice cut down

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I agree with you cool jay I want a Chrome and wood one to !!

We got a set of proline racks and fitted it with a Curt Black Widow safari basket.

It's not chrome and wood, and the little end caps popped off of the crossbars on the first drive, but it looks pretty good IMO.

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/attachments/diesel-discussion/113850d1375454290-w123-bike-rack-bikerack.jpg

It's also less expensive and more versitile than the chrome and wood one which you can get (at least fitted for the VW) here:

EMPI ROOF RACK - JCWhitney

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Current Mercedes
1979 maple yellow 240D 4-speed

Gone and fondly remembered:
1980 orient red 240D 4-speed

Gone and NOT fondly remembered:
1982 Chna Blue 300TD

Other car in the stable:
2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI / 6-speed MT

Yeah those wood ones are very pricy but dang it looks good

check out these guys, make any size rack for classic cars they say-

Classic Racks, Carter CarPac luggage rack. These car racks have be


EDIT- just got a look at the price page, good lord

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I have a used Thule gutter mount rack with peeled paint on the feets. Looks ugly but fully functional. A little sanding and paint will make it look good. $50 + shipping.

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83 300 D turbo 297K runs great. SOLD!
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I got a new Taiwanese stainless steel with wood slat roof rack for less than $200 on eBay, but the seller went out of stock a few years back. I stained and varnished the wood myself.


It came in really handy when I had to move from Washington to Arizona:



The rack slides backward on the roof due to an inferior clamp design, so I will probably modify it with a different clamp style.

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1967 W110 Universal Wagon, Euro, Turbo Diesel, Tail Fins, 4 Speed Manual Column Shift, A/C
1980 W116 300SD Turbo Diesel, DB479 Walnut Brown, Sunroof, Highly Optioned, 350,000+ Miles

Is rHAT a hood on the trunk?

Please excuse any spelling/grammatical errrs. The cat has been flicking her tail over the keiboard for the duration of this post.

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

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Yeah, it's an aluminum W116 hood. All of the stuff made it the entire trip without falling off, though the roof rack had a tendency to slide and needed constant readjusting.

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1967 W110 Universal Wagon, Euro, Turbo Diesel, Tail Fins, 4 Speed Manual Column Shift, A/C
1980 W116 300SD Turbo Diesel, DB479 Walnut Brown, Sunroof, Highly Optioned, 350,000+ Miles