Hi , can anyone tell me if a chassis could be transported on my focus roof bars, unfortunately i dont have acces to a van at the moment and dont want to fit a towbar,???????
not sure about a Focus but thats how I got my MK chassis home on the 406, didn't even notice it was there. Just make sure you spread the load across the roof bars. I strapped wooden planks to mine and then sat the chassis on those.
i tried to transport my chassis on my mondeo roof but due the chassis already having the floor plate it was too heavy. most roof racks wont hold over
60kg or this was the case a few years ago when i got mine back from the fabricators.
i hired a car trailer for £20 for the day.
I personally would not risk it. Apart from damage to your car roof, your insurance would probably be invalid.
There must be someone on here who can help you out?
I would borrow/hire a small trailer and strap the chassis on top of it.
small trailer, or if you haven't got a tow ball, hire a van
I made a locost trailer for my chassis!
A few pieces of steel section, combined with the trailer hitch, suspension units, wheels and mudguards from my little camping trailer. Added a number
of brackets to locate the chassis, fixed a trailer light/numberplate bar on the back and off I went. Worked really well, too! 
Put my chassis on the roof. No problem. 2 people can left it easily enough. Although 3 or 4 is safer.
Get couple of ratchet straps and some zip ties.
I carried my 10% bigger chassis on the roof of Mums 405 home from where I built it.
Cheers,
James
I fitted my Haynes roadster +135mm strech into the back of a Transit LWB no probs at all cost 45quid for the day.
I transported my Westfield chassis on the roof of my Ford Focus, forgot it was there until an 'emergency stop' on the motorway tipped it
forward into my line of vision. Some extra zip ties and I was on my way again.
Just make sure you SECURE it properly, you should be fine. I asked a similar question before I moved the chassis and general thoughts were it would be
fine.
Properly strapped it won't be a problem, It's how I got mine back from the powder coaters.
ATB Dan.
The roof bars on my present Freelander are quoted with 60Kg capacity. The Focus I had before had roof bars with a capacity of 75Kg so you should be fine.
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Properly strapped it won't be a problem,
ATB Dan.
Properly Strapped??????? And then that picture?????