What are these holes in the footwell?

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moggy dave
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What are these holes in the footwell?

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I am well through the total restoration of my 1963 traveller. I am now working on the passenger compartment and have realised that there are two holes in the passenger footwell and I have no idea why they are there. As you can see in the photo, one is round and has two smaller holes for securing a cover and the other one is rectangular with rounded edges. They don't seem to be associated with left-hand drive models although I could be wrong.

If anyone can enlighten me I would be delighted!

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Re: What are these holes in the fotwell?

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Hi Dave,
Did you mean 'footwell'?? I'm not sure where the 'fotwell' is on a Minor........... :lol:
Looks to me like it could be for the floor mounted main beam switch (for those countries that insist on driving on the wrong side of the road :wink: )??
I'm open to correction on that though (not the bit about driving on the wrong side of the road :P ).
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Re: What are these holes in the footwell?

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Thanks for the typo correction Mike - now fixed!
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Re: What are these holes in the footwell?

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Left hand drive dipswitch. There should be a blanking plate over it.
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Re: What are these holes in the footwell?

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Hi Mike,

Thanks for the post. I assumed that it wasn't for a dipswitch as this would put it right under the left hand pedal. Maybe the pedal arrangement was quite different on the left-hand drive models. I still don't know what the rectangular hole is for.

Dave
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Re: What are these holes in the footwell?

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The clutch pedal I would think, compare it to the other side.

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Re: What are these holes in the footwell?

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I have a LHD convertible made for export to the colonies.
The holes are for the clutch pedal and the dip switch.
The end.
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Re: What are these holes in the footwell?

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Thanks for shedding light on this!

Dave
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