surfboard?

[zebedee]

really stupid question of the day i think, but you never know...

Is it possible (has anyone tried???) to carry a surfboard on an elise or slot it into the passenger seat with it poking out of the roof? DOes it work? I guess the rollover hoop could be used to attach it but i wonder if there is any ingenious way of attaching it to the windscreen lip as well? Or should I just get my coat...

[TheLemming]

In theory you shoul be able to stand it in the passenger footwell, take out the back window, and tie it to the rollbar.

Or take out the passenger seat and the rear window and slot it THROUGH the rollbar (tieing it on of course!).

[zebedee]

cheers lemming - like the sound of slotting through - how much of a job is it taking the seat out?

[Bonce]

Duuuuuude!

Four bolts to remove the seat (easy job with a ball-ended allen key) plus some spanner work to remove seatbelt. Obviously you need to take great care when refitting it all to:

a) not cross-thread the bolts in the alloy chassis
b) fit and torque the seatbelt correctly so that it is able to perform properly if it is required to.

[TheLemming]

BTW is this an S1 or an S2 we are talking about?

IIRC the rear window doesnt come out on the S2

Edited to answer my own question... As you were after an S1 hardtop a while back Im guessing its an S1 you have now?

>> Edited by TheLemming on Thursday 6th February 11:00

[iguana]

Seen it in a 911 Targa, tail of the board in the footwell & the nose pointing up at the sky bet that kept his speed down a bit...

[NDT]

gnarly!
stoked!

etc.

sorry couldn't help that - took surfing lessons this summer and can't help using the lingo in a ridiculous way at all possible opportunities.

[fergusd]

Rad Dude . . .

I'm sure you could just stick the tail in the footwell, the nose on the roll hoop (on some foam) and luggage strap it to the seat.

Of course that's not going to help with the roof, but, man, chill with the roof thing . . . it's, like, only water man !

Tubular

Fd

[zebedee]

not sure the wind effect pushing on the top of the board at an angle would do it any favours but i'll let you know if it works seeing as i've got the car now!!

[fergusd]

What, you mean like sticking it on a roofrack . . .

Fd

[zebedee]

no, they're fine on roof racks but because they lie flat, but poking out of the roof they'd be at about a 35- 40 degree angle, with a lot of the back of the board unsuppported, like a big spoiler trying to produce downforce. At speed, i reckon that would be enough to weaken and possibly even snap the stick, which is no good for me, or the guy behind - ouch!

[iguana]

Workmate of mine well into his windsurfing, really wanted an elise but needed to have a small trailer or decent roof rack to cart about all his stuff. Was told by Lotus the trailer idea was a no no so he got a Puma racing.

[fergusd]

Yeah, I guess if you're a long boarder then it'll be a prob, I'd have thought a short board would be fine tho . . .

Fd

[chimburt]

sofrack?

saw a guy using one years ago on a mk1 golf convertable.
i have no experience of them myself, but a surfboard should be light enough to sit on a hardtop with a bit of extra strapping down front and rear to keep it all under control.

has anyone metioned that surfing is too much like bleedin hard work and screws your back up?

now, how do i carry a canoe?.....

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