Hi Steve,

I recently restored a 70 Challenger for the original owner of the car. It too had a luggage rack and we debated re-chroming his vs. buying the expensive one on ebay. I too was puzzled about the straps. After talking with the owner, he swore thet he never had any straps with the car. It's my belief that the straps never came on a factory installed rack. I believe however they were included/added to the over the counter part/kit.

-Mike