Looking at the luggage rack, I'm a little perplexed as to how any item can be securely tied down onto one of these. Was this rack ever really intended to work? Has anyone here ever used it for cargo? Any "luggage rack adventures" to tell?

i'm not looking at mine at the moment, but if i recall there are holes on either end of the rails you could hook a bungee cord onto.

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'84 2m4 se, a work in progress http://www.mtsu.edu/~mkr2c/fiero.htm

Yeah it works. My daughter used hers to haul the "big" stuff when she moved. There are holes that are used for the tie downs.
I wouldn't want to put a lot of weight on it though.

Dave

oh yeah, they work great. Theres holes on both end for bungee hooks. Me & the wife go camping in the Fiero. Looks kinda funny with the tent & stuff strapped to the decklid. makes the rearview mirrow damn near useless. I keep 6 bungees in the trunk for just that.

I used mine to haul six dining room chair kits from Lowes to home. No problems.

I figure that is the only place to haul a dead tire if I ever have to install the spare tire.

My fiero has doubled as a truck on more than one occasion.

I too have used the lugguage rack. Have used it several times, and have had no problems.

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Beautiful, Dinged, Darnered, or Bruised every Fiero turns my head.

Drivers
84 SE 4.10 4-Speed
85 GT Automatic
86 SE V6 4-Speed

Parts Cars
84 SE Automatic
87 SC 4-cyl 5-Speed

Are we ever really finished with our Fiero projects?

I used mine once to bring a gt bumper home, it didn't work too well because it fell off 2 times

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84 2M4

I think 84Bill takes the prize for wierdest and probably heaviest haul.

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Recipe for speed:
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quote Originally posted by 84Bill:

What the heck is that, how much does it weigh and did it stay put with just the bungees?

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It's a 1.9l subaru engine. I got from a local junk yard, it belongs in the red car shown in front of my car in the first pic

It weighs right around 100 pounds or so.

20 mile trip and it didn't budge.

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Okay, thanks... having seen both the testimony and the evidence in the luggage rack's favor, I now know better!

I just hauled a couple of loads of bagged mulch the other day. I stacked them up even with the top of the car and used the holes on the luggagge rack to tie them down. Not sure about the weight, but it had to be pretty heavy. The guy at the store laughed and shook his head as I pulled out of the parking lot. Gotta love these cars, truly multi-purpose vehicles!

in my first car, when it still had the lugauge rack on, my mom forced me to put a 10' rug on it sideways, boy was that a trip to remember, we d*amn near knocked some person on a bicycle flat when taking a turn, funny, but im glad we didnt hit him. we got some looks, i just said, screw this, and went as fast as i could all the way home, never did/will do that again
but it didnt budge, i'll give it that (but the leakyness didnt get helped at all by that)
~Mark

I carried a lawn mower a few times bungied down to the luggage rack. It fit and rode fine, but it looked really goofy with the lawn mower handle sticking out from the back of the car... I sure got some strange looks from bystanders...
Maybe I'll load it back on and gat some pics...

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Bob Cardone
Suncoast Fieros

I use mine frequently. I coach girl's select soccer (Harrison Cobras Girls U11 www.harrisoncobras.homestead.com) and my soccer bag fits nicely on behind the drivers head with just a couple of bungee cords. I also use it for the 5 gallon gas can for the lawn tractor cuz it won't fit in the trunk and it stinks up the inside of the car.

In fact, I think the cars look 10 times better with a wing and I've even bought one but have been hesitant to put it on because I don't want to give up the luggage rack. I'm seriously considering having the existing decklid painted and getting ANOTHER decklid painted with the wing installed so that I can switch back and forth. Maybe Rodney Dickman could even come up with a way to quickly swap decklids!

I've also considered removing the little decklid luggage rack "wing" and just capping off the 3 places it attaches to with "ends" from the other places AND installing the my wing. That way I could have BOTH but my buddy thinks I'm nuckin' futz and that I won't want to haul anything back there if I ever get the thing painted anyway.

Rob

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86 SE V6 4 Speed

Last summer I went and got a 14000 btu window shaker. After the money was exchanged he said "I hope you have a truck because it won't fit in a car" I said no problem and he pointed me to the loading dock. The look on his face was golden when came wheeling up to the dock.

Same thing happend at Sears when I got a new 60 gallon hot water heater last spring. Dewd asks me where my car is and I said "its the white one" He honestly thought I was kidding and got this sheepish smile on his face. I was like no, thats the one and his smile turned to
He earned his 4 buck tip.

the funniest thing i saw was some west end canadian with a canoe on his car...the wife saw it ans started to laugh,,then she said yeah u can do that to ur car and leave my car alone...i just looked at her and said that is not even funny

I carry a big aluminum canoe on my roof all the time... sticks over both ends.... but thats not on the rack.

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i brought a fiero dash home from a bone yard (a 40 mile trip) on the back of my fiero one day. but i dont have a luggage rack.

quote Originally posted by tednelson83: i brought a fiero dash home from a bone yard (a 40 mile trip) on the back of my fiero one day.

I pulled up to a yard with my fiero while the owner was standing out front. I asked if he had any fieros in the yard and he said "yup" I asked how much to take all I can carry? He looked at my car and thought for a second and said 40 bucks. DEAL! got my tools and commenced the salvage operation.
4 hours later he asked me if I got my 40 bucks worth yet and I looked at my car and and said "nope, still got room"

hood
fender
2 door skins
front and rear fascias
2 complete headlight assy
dash board and center pod
instrument cluster
clutch master and slave
passanger rocker panel
coolant and wiper bottles
starter motor
misc relays Including the fan relay and other odds and ends.

Not to shabby for 40 bucks

Not only do people have misconceptions about the fiero but they also under estimate it's ability to carrry lots of big stuff.

I once hauled a pair of Phase Technology floor standing speakers, a gift from my (ex)girlfriend to her brother. Was almost fifty miles.

I used to carry my bike on the roof, but used to get paranoid about not being able to see it, so I got a rear end rack. I still used the roof rack a couple of times to carry seamless (9' wide rolls of paper 12' long, used in photography. There's no wall/floor joint behind the model's legs; it looks "seamless.") when I bought it.

quote Originally posted by 84Bill: "nope, still got room" hood fender 2 door skins front and rear fascias 2 complete headlight assy dash board and center pod instrument cluster clutch master and slave passanger rocker panel coolant and wiper bottles starter motor misc relays Including the fan relay and other odds and ends. Not to shabby for 40 bucks Not only do people have misconceptions about the fiero but they also under estimate it's ability to carrry lots of big stuff.

all i could think while reeding this was

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One time I had to jack up the back of my car, but my buddy had borrowed my jack, so I used a cherry picker and lifted the whole back of the car up by the luggage rack! Yeah right I've used it a couple times, hauled an entertainment center on it once. I never liked the way the rack looked though, so I got rid of it and got a spoiler

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'86 Pontiac Fiero SE 2.8
'75 Fiat 124 Sport Spider 1800
'88 Ford T-Bird 2.3 Turbo Coupe
'67 Chevrolet K10

So far I think all I've carried on mine has been a bunch of old hockey sticks bungeed to the rack, and a flat tire from a friend's Ford Tempo. No engines yet...

I'm laughing myself silly reading 84 Bill's adventures...he definitely gets the prize! Love the pictures...want more!

A couple years ago, at a wild party, I had two 115 pound girls doing a strip tease while standing on the decklid. It help up fine.

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quote Originally posted by AndyLPhoto: I'm laughing myself silly reading 84 Bill's adventures...he definitely gets the prize! Love the pictures...want more!

I may be getting a transmission for a ford windstar, I'll be sure to snap a pic or 2 if I do.

quote Originally posted by 84Bill: I pulled up to a yard with my fiero while the owner was standing out front. I asked if he had any fieros in the yard and he said "yup" I asked how much to take all I can carry? He looked at my car and thought for a second and said 40 bucks. DEAL! got my tools and commenced the salvage operation. 4 hours later he asked me if I got my 40 bucks worth yet and I looked at my car and and said "nope, still got room" hood fender 2 door skins front and rear fascias 2 complete headlight assy dash board and center pod instrument cluster clutch master and slave passanger rocker panel coolant and wiper bottles starter motor misc relays Including the fan relay and other odds and ends. Not to shabby for 40 bucks Not only do people have misconceptions about the fiero but they also under estimate it's ability to carrry lots of big stuff.

OK now HOW did u get a hood back?

I can see the rest but seriously a HOOD where did u fit that?! I don't think I'd ever use my luggage rack... I think the fastback panels would get in the way or get scratched or I'd bust the glass with something sliding around. I'm just afraid lol, I need a wing.

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Alex

I've used mine for some heavy things... had two Fiero doors on it and an automatic transmission for an 86 Dodge Caravan on it. I carry 80# bags of water softener salt on it several times a year. The transmission had to mass about the same as the engine above.

Weight on the deck lid isn't a problem as long as it is spread out.

Tie down is important....

DO NOT trust the eyes in the rack for heavy loads all by themselves. A strong load on those eyes could pull them out. Run a line or two under the lid to something more solid. Or just loop a couple lines under the lid. When I did the transmission I ran a line under the narrow part of the coupe lid and another across the back edge. That way the whole lid gets loaded up.

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quote Originally posted by BurningWheel: A couple years ago, at a wild party, I had two 115 pound girls doing a strip tease while standing on the decklid. It help up fine.

Where are the pictures?

quote Originally posted by ThaFieroMunk: OK now HOW did u get a hood back?

I'll answer the question with a question.
Where on a fiero does a hood fit best?

Bungies are the best thing since sliced bread.

If you guessed on the hood, you guessed right.

I removed the headlight doors and threw them in the trunk so it would sit flat on my hood, did some creative bungie rigging and drove home.