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GT6 GT6 Luggage Floor Panel Thickness

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No doubt in these photos the "L" shaped lip is up, contrary to the Canley Classics plate! Just as the Philadelphia Flyers have a goalie controversy, it looks like I've created a luggage angle support controversy!!

Anyone else care to weigh in?

Regards,
Jeff
 
Posted some pics from the Owner's Handbook and John Thomason's A Guide to Originality.

Owner's Handbook could be read to show it pointing down, while Thomason's book shows it pointing up.

Also, one of the books I have, quote the luggage boards as being 'millboard'. Not a wood person so not sure precisely what that means.

jb
 
This might help, it's a photo is from the book "Triumph Spitfire and GT6" by Graham Robinson (1982 printing).

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Got more curious, so...Dug out some old magazines with road tests on the mk1's and took some photos of their photos.

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All appear to show "the lip".
 
brgrmyster said:
Up front of the luggage floor is a luggage angle support bar ("L" shaped), supported buy a short verticle support. Canley Classics shows it with the "L" pointing downward toward the floor. My PO had it installed with the "L" up, creating a lip to catch luggage that shifted forward? Up or down if you know? I tend to trust Canley.
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So do I! However, one can't "blame" this on Canley, as they only re-use original factory Spare Parts Catalogue drawings in their online catalogue. Often those catalogue drawings date from the earliest versions of any given part or assembly (possibly even pre-production in some cases), and just as often the drawings are not updated as parts change. It's something we long-time Triumph owners (old-timers, if you will) have gotten used to! :laugh:
 
Controversy unwound from my standpoint. These show conclusively the L was up for a lip, and also that it was covered to match the seats and door panels (note the contrast to the carpet and corresponding match with the seats in some photos.) Great stuff that you had this dated original documentation.

Many thanks. I'll stop obsessing now!

Jeff
 
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