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Re: Mystery Hole in TR6 Trunk

To: TWALLI@vanheusen.com
Subject: Re: Mystery Hole in TR6 Trunk
From: Charles Lattimer <lattimer@tenet.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 15:46:21 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: Triumphs <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
I recall reading somewhere that those trunk holes were placed there to
allow the paint to drain.  

Chuck Lattimer
Brownsville, TX


On Wed, 14 May 1997 TWALLI@vanheusen.com wrote:

> 
> Whilst (neat Brit word eh?) preparing my TR6 for British Car Week and 
> beyond, I noticed that a rodent had made its winter house on top of the gas 
> (er, petrol, sorry mate) tank.  After cleaning out the bits of straw and 
> carpet "fluff", I got to wondering how it got in there.  I took out the 
> carpet in the trunk (had to clean it anyway), and then the spare tire, and 
> low and behold, there were 2 good sized holes in the floor of the spare tire 
> pan.  There's a small-ish one in the forward part that is shown in the "big 
> three's" catalogs along with a rubber plug to seal it, but there's another 
> large one at the very rear that looks like it may have had a plate fitted to 
> it at some point.  This doesn't show up in any of my catalogs, so I'm 
> wondering: 1)  what was the purpose of this thing?, and 2)  does anyone on 
> the list have a spare plate to fit over it?
> 
> 

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