Thread: Hardtop storage
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Old 05-11-2005, 02:53 PM   #11
kajita
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Palos verdes, CA
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how my friend made my rack...

my camera broke so i cant take any pics but i will try to explain what he did.

1 he used a (about 3/4 in diameter) aluminum pipe or a post. really light.
2 he cut it into 2 posts, one on the top, longer, shorter one on the bottem.
3 the installed a lower post on the wall using a bracket(4, 2 on each post).
he spaced it out about
inch from the wall so that the lower part of the hardtop can rest on it.
this is where pretty much all of its weight is stressed on.
4 he then installed the 2nd post, on the top, using the same method.
(my neice, who weighs about 60 pounds was hanging on it and it didnt break)
5 important!!! drilled 2 holes on the upper post so that the tightening handle
of the hardtop could be inserted and turned in order to lock it into the post.
remember the hole is not a circle now, he had to make it bit of an oval shape
in order for it to insert and to lock it in.

he did a lot of measuring so i dont know if it is gonna turn out the same.


the reason why he made this? i use to have it on the wall hanging.
got a big hook installled on the wall, and i took a strap, wrapped the
hardtop and just hung it there. never had any problems but it wasnt the
prettiest thing.

Last edited by kajita; 05-11-2005 at 02:55 PM.
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