Over the past couple of years I have been looking for a chrome roof rack for the wagon. I saw one on a ’56 Dodge wagon at the 2010 NHRA Hot Rod Reunion at Bakersfield. I then saw one on the only ’56 Dodge wagon to go across the action block at Barrett Jackson last year. So I have been trolling eBay trying to find something that would look decent and would fit the roof line of the Dodge.

As luck would have it, I found one just after Thanksgiving and was able to win the auction for a reasonable $75 plus shipping. It was speced at 49″ long which seemed to be short for the size of the wagon, but I had decided to see if I could make it fit.

Chrome NOS Roof Rack

I was right, it was too short for my more door wagon. It needed to be at least 60″ to 66″ long. To make things a bit worse, the tubing used on the side rails was oval to round rectangular in shape, which was next to impossible to match, so I had no good way to make it longer.

Oh, well a good friend of mine has a ’57 Ford 2 Dr Ranch Wagon which it should look great on.

One other thing… saw another rack on offer on eBay. The photo was really poor and there were no dimensions on it so I sent the owner an email asking him what size the thing was. His answer was “I guess I wont sell it to you!” You sure meet some strange folks on eBay… I am still shaking my head on that one!