[TR] Leather straps for TR6 luggage rack

[Joe Burlein]

LOL!  Now this is why I keep reading this list...

John Macartney wrote:
> 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