was in an ole metal work teacher of mine s house tonight , talking of ole cars , he told me him an 3 mates done 6000 miles round europe in an ole mini in 63 , when he was in germany they where getting passed on the auto bann , by beetles flying to it ,leaving the mini in the back round . so as soon as he got home to derry n ireland he went and bought his first new car a beetle a 64 , and a roof rack to match from vw , well i seen it hanging in his garage to night last on his car in 1969 when he went to a variant , guess what igot itttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt and then he hands me a later roof rack from the late 70s i was gob smacked 1 owner roof rack lol