[TR] Leather straps for TR6 luggage rack

[John Macartney]

If one has a picnic basket for occasional use on one's luggage rack, one does not leave the straps 
in place when one has no basket. Simply "not done" old boy. Instead, one rolls up the straps and 
keeps them somewhere convenient, though one could request one's Butler to keep the straps pristine 
with the application of saddle soap and boot polish.
If the Butler declines to do this, he should discuss the matter with one's Groom in the Tack Room

Jonmac

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jim hearn" <jimhearn1 at comcast.net>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 8:05 PM
Subject: [TR] Leather straps for TR6 luggage rack


>I have a '74 TR6 and a Moss style luggage rack.  I have also picked up a
> couple of English style picnic baskets.  Now I am trying to figure out some
> leather straps that will secure a picnic basket and also look OK when there
> is no basket on the rack.  This last part is my biggest dilemma.  I have
> seen some with a strap and buckle riveted on which I have not seen when the
> rack is empty.  To use one continuous strap (2 per rack), would require a
> belt appx. 70 inches long.  Has anyone done leather straps on a similar
> luggage rack?  Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Jim Hearn
> Two '74 TR6s
>
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