Rack done

What a great look with the vintage suitcase!

Nothing like a good rack to make life enjoyable...

Glad you like the case. For those that didn't see it, the lining inside the case is very nice also. You're lucky, too...I forgot to bring it for the Carlisle 2014 raffle.

~WB

Looks great, Mike! 

Here's a link for some vintage travel stickers for that suitcase...

https://laughingelephant.com/stickers/

Mike,

How did you finally mount the rack?

Bruce

Looks very cool! Nice work.

Looks great!

I second Bruce's post.

I have a rack to install. Seeing lots of examples first will have the potential to eliminate a lot of angst!

Any ideas for an installation that allows for quick removal?

I'm thinking maybe something like this would work, but would need a grip range wide enough for the fiberglass and washers:

http://www.handsontools.com/pr...qwSKgVRZXBoC-qTw_wcB

Paul.

I've seen a lot of Speedsters with racks and they were all mounted exactly like MikelB did in the first post of this thread.  The rack studs simply slide between the grill fins and four holes are drilled through the lower section of the engine lid.  It is a good idea to glue a washer to the upper side of the mount holes and use a washer along with the nut on the lower side.  The washers help to spread the weight around.  I suppose that the lower washers could also be glued to the deck lid, but I have never done that.  You will need to modify the upper four washers by cutting off one side so they will fit properly, but that will be obvious when you drill the holes.

As far as quickly removing the rack, it takes less than a minute to mount or remove.  I just keep a 1/4" drive socket and ratchet behind my seat to do the job. I just take the whole thing off at once, suitcase and all.

I have never seen how they are mounted on an IM, so you might have to do it differently, but I would be surprised.

Troy, look at Marty's picts and you will see that Henry adds a metal bracket at the bottom of the grill area that is bolted through the the engine lid. Then you simply screw the bolts and the spacers to lift it above the lid, quite nicely done. 

I made sure the bracket was installed in my car so if I ever need a Reutter rack I can do so later.  ( just modified to show you the bracket on my car, zoom in to see) Ray 

Here it is on Marty's 

I can't really tell what was done from that picture, but I'm sure there are other ways to do it.

I could not use the mount kit as discussed earlier but did try to initially by filing the Hibachi in the corners and it would almost allow me to push the mounts down through the grill.

The problem was, as they move downward they a moved inward at an angle so it would not work and if I was going to grind more glass away I would have just purchased a VS grill and mounted it.

I placed the rack flush to the grill and aligned the holes to the corners trying to pickup the flat area at the bottom of the lid as viewed from underneath. I then drilled the holes and used 8x100mm stainless bolts for the top two and 8x80 for the bottom two and used stainless washers and nylock nuts to hold it all together.

The compression from the top of the lid to the bottom of the lid still needs to be neutralized which is what the original mounting posts do with the the bolt passed through the center of the post as they are hollow. I'm going to make my own post and grind the nuts so that they seat and mimic the angle of the lid so that the nuts sit flush.

This works great for now as I'm not over loading the rack and because I can back off the nylock nuts without loosing them I can adjust the compression of the lid for now.

If I were going to quick mount this I would just reverse the bolts and double nut and sandwich the washer nut combination so that your left with a studs sticking up out of the grill in the corners. I thought about this but this whole rig is automotive jewelry and the idea of being able to remove it quickly could be enticing for some.

Very clever solution! 

I remembered you had a CMC so knew the rack would not push straight through without mods.  Looks like you came up with a good solution.  

Thanks Troy et al.

I guess I was over thinking it!

That does look like a good solution.  I wasn't aware that these racks would not push straight through a CMC grill.  Nice job.

By the way.  Isn't Jims new black car sweet!  I saw it in San Luis Obispo and I love the black rack, Fuch wheels, painted bumpers with no trim and the bee hives.

I liked his old one, but I really love the new Guamaniac ride, Troy! It's perfect!