load space of a fronty sport

[amphibianalf]

hi all ...as you may know i'm looking for another fronty ..
i'm toying with the idea of getting a sport if i can fit my fishing gear in it ok, in particular my fishing rod holdall...it's 6ft long ...does anyone on here go fishing or load their car with a similar size object ...how far into the front seats does it come to or would laying it diagonally from the back door drivers side to the passenger window would it go in ok ....any ideas....CHEERZ....AL...

[gregster]

I think 6ft would have to come through the middle mate....but to get any other fishing gear in it you would need the seat folded forwards in the back, so the rods would kinda sit on the folded seat and be well clear of the gearstick/handbrake etc.
Without the rear seats folded, the sport has the boot space of a supercar...but sadly not the performance!

[john (smifffy)]

I use to get a 6ft rod holdall in my sports with a big net bag & a big carryall holdall an trolly

plus the same again for my mate's gear

[amphibianalf]

hi ya and thanks for the replies...
it stands to reason that it will have more room than my pug 206 ...what i do now is fold the front passenger forward and lay the rod bag on that but it blocks the door mirror if i was to do the same thing in the sport how far would it come into the space ..if you get what i mean ...i wonder if i can find one for sale locally and try it ..bit cheeky i know but if it works for me i'll buy it ....i need a front i really miss it ...AL...

[vauxsqueeks]

Hi,
Why not fit some large bore tubing to the roof rails and put your rods in that like you see some plumbers use for copper pipes?

[4x4 bobby]

I used to put my stuff on the roof in a large tube made from a 6"stack pipe with end caps that locked.

[amphibianalf]

hi all....
i had the same idea but the purpose made roof box for fishing rods is near on £500 .....THE GOOD NEWS IS ....i was talking to the engineer at work last night ..to ask him if he knows of anything that is the right size ..i need it about 12" across..
so he offered to make me a chequer plate box for my rods that will be detachable from the roof bars ...now all i gotta do is buy a fronty and four 6ftx1ft lengths of chequer plate...he also mentioned that the yellow gas pipe goes up to 12 and 15 inches ...errmmmmm let me think, a six foot banana on the roof or a nice chequer box......cheerz.....AL...

[snapper]

Why not just get a LWB?

[amphibianalf]

hi all...
snapper, as you may have read i haven't got a fronty at the moment i'm looking for one but what iv'e seen are either miles away or complete piles at high prices...i have been looking at lwb's but i saw a nice swb for sale and i lust wanted to know if i could get all my fishing gear in it ...ideally i'm looking for a 3.2 lpg auto but i would settle for another model till one came along..i lust wanna get a fronty as soon as poss coz i pi##ed off squeezing my stuff in my pug.....AL...

[fogman]

hi mate, i originally brought a lwb b series to cart all my carp gear about approx 4 years ago but due to family commitments etc i wasnt going fishing any where near as much so after doing a bit of laning in it i decided to sell it and get an a series swb instead which i use for fishing & laning only. i have i admit taken out the rear seats but they can be folded forwards to the front seats anyway but i can get all my carp gear in easily

[BoxCleva]

I've just picked up 3 lengths of 2.4 metre 2x2 timber and two sheets of 6x3 plasterboard sheets, all of which fitted in the shorty with the seats folded down

[gregster]

You aint gonna catch much with them Si!