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...

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

 

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...

 

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.

 

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...

 

this?

http://www.rocky-road.com/wildrack.html

 

Nice racks. Would they fit 4th Gen.? The have one for 95-02, but nothing for 03+.

 

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

 

like this?

 

http://www.loftyshelters.com

 

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

woody