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Old 02-19-2006, 01:07 PM
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Safari Roofs

Anyone have an idea who makes these things or any ideas where to look for them. I'm looking at the Safari roofs like they use in africa. I think they would be great to mount on truck camper shells to make more room for camping, etc...

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They seem pretty simple. Four supports and a fiberglass top. Does anyone know how to search Africas junk yards?

Old 02-19-2006, 04:53 PM
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Seems like the construction is very similar to a boat top/bimini. Look around for boatyards/repair docks.

The other option would be sneak into a golf course and cut the roof off a golf cart...
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ah, very true... I will take a look at some marine stuff. I can't find anything about a safari roof though. I've googled and froogled and searched everything. There are plenty of land rovers with them but I have no idea how they got them. I may try a land rover forum tomorrow and see if they have any clues.
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Just do a search on pop-top roofs, the one pictured was designed for wildlife photographers.......
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Originally Posted by BruceTS
Just do a search on pop-top roofs, the one pictured was designed for wildlife photographers.......
I have, many many times... Pretty much all you get are pop up campers or pop up blockers. I know someone makes them, somewhere in the world. I guess they don't advertise on the Internet though...
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this?

http://www.rocky-road.com/wildrack.html
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Originally Posted by ken.vs.ryu
Nice racks. Would they fit 4th Gen.? The have one for 95-02, but nothing for 03+.
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Originally Posted by ken.vs.ryu
No, thanks though. I was actually looking for the pop-up or flip-flop roofs as they are called. Its the ones you always see in Africa where the roof lifts up and people hang out of it with there cameras or whatever. I thought they are so simple that they would be easy to mount on top of a camper shell, wrap some tenting around it and make a nice little camper out of a camper shell... but only if one could find one in the states
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like this?

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http://www.loftyshelters.com
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try this company, they do vans but maybe they'll do an suv.
www.gtrv.com
i often thought of doing this to a suburban 4x4

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