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justin_mercier
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So the one thing that had been bugging me the most about my TR6, even before I bought it, was the fact that the trunk had been drilled for a luggage rack, but there was no rack, just 8 screws sticking out of the top. I would have been fine if there was no rack and no holes, or holes and a rack, but having the holes and no rack was driving me batty.
The big problem that I had was... the holes were for a rack that was 38x16 and none of the common racks out there were that size. I had finally decided that I was going to buy the much longer TR7 rack and cut it down to size to match the holes on the trunk, and had actually placed a bid on ebay for one last week.
Day of Triumph rolled around this last Sunday, and I actually had a measuring tape looking at other people's luggage racks. Well, just as I was getting ready to leave, Dan from her majesty's auto service mentioned that he thought one of their customers, Steve, had a luggage rack that he was going to put on ebay, and to ask him what size it was.
I searched on Ebay and found what I thought was the rack, being the only TR6 luggage rack on ebay in Mass. sent a question late Sunday night. "Is this Steve? I was told you had a luggage rack for sale that was going up on ebay. What are the mounting dimensions of this rack?" Low and behold... his reply back "Yes it is. 16" X38" 6 bars"
I blinked in surprise at the numbers for a minute upon reading it... blinked again... and I couldn't reach the buy it now button fast enough! This morning at quarter of 7 I drove down to his place and picked up the rack. I was starving having somehow managed to miss eating supper the previous night, and so I stopped at a great breakfast place on the way home for an omelet... but I could hardly enjoy the food because I was too anxious to get home and fit the rack.
Well, I got home, went immediately to the garage, and viola, perfect fit ! I couldn't be happier right now. I excitedly took this photo with my cellphone camera, so it's not the best... but I'm grinning ear to ear right now =)
The big problem that I had was... the holes were for a rack that was 38x16 and none of the common racks out there were that size. I had finally decided that I was going to buy the much longer TR7 rack and cut it down to size to match the holes on the trunk, and had actually placed a bid on ebay for one last week.
Day of Triumph rolled around this last Sunday, and I actually had a measuring tape looking at other people's luggage racks. Well, just as I was getting ready to leave, Dan from her majesty's auto service mentioned that he thought one of their customers, Steve, had a luggage rack that he was going to put on ebay, and to ask him what size it was.
I searched on Ebay and found what I thought was the rack, being the only TR6 luggage rack on ebay in Mass. sent a question late Sunday night. "Is this Steve? I was told you had a luggage rack for sale that was going up on ebay. What are the mounting dimensions of this rack?" Low and behold... his reply back "Yes it is. 16" X38" 6 bars"
I blinked in surprise at the numbers for a minute upon reading it... blinked again... and I couldn't reach the buy it now button fast enough! This morning at quarter of 7 I drove down to his place and picked up the rack. I was starving having somehow managed to miss eating supper the previous night, and so I stopped at a great breakfast place on the way home for an omelet... but I could hardly enjoy the food because I was too anxious to get home and fit the rack.
Well, I got home, went immediately to the garage, and viola, perfect fit ! I couldn't be happier right now. I excitedly took this photo with my cellphone camera, so it's not the best... but I'm grinning ear to ear right now =)
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