No, that's not it. All the repro inner sills I've received have the holes
all the way down both sides. So, it's not a later drilling. It's normal,
though. just put a piece of masking tape over it when you install carpet.
It's what the factory did AFAIK.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: <twgeiger@hiwaay.net>
To: "TR6 list" <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 1:28 PM
Subject: RE: What is this?
> In cars that had the dealer installed a/c kit a hole is usually drilled
through
> the floor in this general area to allow for the condensate drain line to
exit.
> I wonder if the hole you are seeing is where the installer installed an
a/c kit
> and chose to drill the hole in the inner seal instead of the floor. This
would
> have been a bad thing as the condensate water from the a/c would have been
> deposited inside the inner seal and rocker panel.
>
> One way to tell would to be to look for some unused holes in the bottom of
the
> dash where sheetmetal screws would have been. These screws would have
been
> needed to attach the a/c unit to the bottom of the dash.
>
> Just a guess....
>
> Terry Geiger
> '74 TR6
> '79 MGB
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: R. Ashford Little II <ralittle2@mindspring.com>
> > To: Triumphs@autox. Net <Triumphs@autox.team.net>; 6-Pack
> > <6pack@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 9:23 PM
> > Subject: What is this?
> >
> >
> > > I took my carpets completely out of my TR6 recently to let them dry
> > and
> > > discovered an unusual hole in an inner sill. The pictures are on my
> > > website under the link entitled "what is this." The photos are
> > taken
> > > looking down into the passenger footwall. The hole in question is
> > near
> > > the front of the inner sill. The pics can be viewed at the link
> > below.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > R. Ashford Little II
> > > www.geocities.com/ralittle2
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