Luggage Rack

[narfire]

Last time we went to Vegas for a week, we filled 2 of the hotel luggage carts ... the valet asked me where the rest of our party was.

That is funny.. I can smell another reality show now...

[cbrown1469]

Ok folks, taking the plunge.......where is the best place to get one then and what brand seems to be most popular?

[Italchic]

Mine had one on it when I got it. It was very tarnished and dull and I did not want to pay what it would cost to have it re-chromed. I thought about keeping it anyway and strapping a vintage suitcase on it to take to car shows. But the more I looked at it, I too felt it took away from the clean lines of the car. I covered two of the holes with Italia flag plaques and plugged the other two with black plastic plugs.

[DocGraphics]

Mine too came with a rack that I removed (personal preference) to fill the holes left behind I got some small carriage bolts, filed the heads smooth, painted them satin black & installed with rubber washers under them to seal. Works great...looks pretty good



Rack or not? Personal preference, I'm going bumperless w/ rotas for a mod look & like the look with the clean trunk. For a stock Spider I like the look of the rack.

[Zulu]

When I got one of my cars, it had a luggage rack. Took it off because I like the look without, and because we have other cars for bringing big items home. We used blank plastic plugs for a temporary solution.

If anyone needs a rack, I have four in very nice (but used) condition. Two different styles.

[DUCeditor]

Rack or not? Personal preference, I'm going bumperless w/ rotas for a mod look & like the look with the clean trunk. For a stock Spider I like the look of the rack.

To my eyes you have hit the key point DocG. With the bumpers on the rack adds to the car, giving it a classic 'GT' look. Without the bumpers the car takes on the flavor of a hot-spirited back-road burner and then the simplicity of the bare trunk lid hits the mark.

This, btw, is one of the things I love about the Spider. Both its appearance and its capability make it a wonderful car for all sorts of motoring pleasures. My personal need for speed is most often satisfied on two wheels -- Italian wheels! -- Ducatis. (A classic `93 900SS and a newer, but older appearing, 2007 GT1000 Sport Classic.) My Spider is used for joyous, sun-drenched, driving on The Monadnock Area's great back roads -- driven at a brisk but by no means "fast" pace. And yes, my wife Jan and I do sometimes like to bring along that picnic basket!

-don