[Healeys] Trunk floor holes

[gradea1 at charter.net]

I like to think they are for petrol drainage, akin to the hole in the
bottom of the gearbox bell with a cotter (split pin) to focus the oil
drip. However, Perry's thought sounds most plausible. Boot floor from
1953 shown. Hank

	-----------------------------------------From: "Bob Spidell" 
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Cc: 
Sent: Friday July 29 2022 9:02:11AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Trunk floor holes

 Wild-assed guess: Was a smaller petrol tank or fuel cell ever used in
 Big Healeys, for some type of racing?

 On 7/29/2022 7:33 AM, Perry Small via Healeys wrote:
 > Michael
 > Our BN1 has the holes. Our Early BN2 has a replacement trunk floor
so that is not of any help.
 > As to “why” the holes, consider the need to have the trunk
floor in the proper location in order for the rear shroud to mate
along the lower rear edge later in the body assembly process.
Alignment pins on the assembly/welding jig would hold the trunk floor
in position with appropriate precision using the small holes until the
welders did their thing. Just a thought
 > P
 >
 >

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