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@comcast.net>
> To: <triumphs@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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