I recall reading somewhere that those trunk holes were placed there to
allow the paint to drain.
Chuck Lattimer
Brownsville, TX
On Wed, 14 May 1997 TWALLI@vanheusen.com wrote:
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> Whilst (neat Brit word eh?) preparing my TR6 for British Car Week and
> beyond, I noticed that a rodent had made its winter house on top of the gas
> (er, petrol, sorry mate) tank. After cleaning out the bits of straw and
> carpet "fluff", I got to wondering how it got in there. I took out the
> carpet in the trunk (had to clean it anyway), and then the spare tire, and
> low and behold, there were 2 good sized holes in the floor of the spare tire
> pan. There's a small-ish one in the forward part that is shown in the "big
> three's" catalogs along with a rubber plug to seal it, but there's another
> large one at the very rear that looks like it may have had a plate fitted to
> it at some point. This doesn't show up in any of my catalogs, so I'm
> wondering: 1) what was the purpose of this thing?, and 2) does anyone on
> the list have a spare plate to fit over it?
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