[Healeys] Luggage Rack Not Fitting

[pennell at cox.net]

Mark,

Just a WAG but maybe remove one or both of the hinges, mount the rack to the pins, then reattach the hinges to the car?

Keith

---- Mark LaPierre <lapierrem at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
> Got a new Moss luggage rack that appears to be a wrong fit.   I got my old
> hinge pins out and replaced them with the
> optional rack pins.    These pins have a nut, a threaded area and the acorn
> nut.   My question is where exactly do the rack
> tabs go in conjunction with the pin/ thread set up.   The holes in the rack
> tabs are big enough to go over the threaded area but
> the tabs are not welded far enough apart to get them over both the left and
> the right threaded areas.  The rack tabs fit exactly next
> to the hinges with no extra play what so ever so I can slide the pins through
> the tab holes but there is no way that I can get the
> tabs over the threaded area.
> 
> Can someone tell me the sequence in which the luggage tabs should go on the
> pins.   Or a couple of pictures would be great.
> 
> Mark