Front lever arm shock absorber mounting holes

[bjbrownie]

Just curious, I was cleaning up the engine bay and noticed the front shock absorbers have alternative mounting holes set lower down and further in to the centre of the car- why is this? Anyone know?

[mike.perry]

One of those mysteries of Morris Minor production. They can be useful for mounting a new engine steady bar when the original brackets have rusted away

[stag36587]

Or a new P clip to support the wiring harness

[katy]

I would suspect that they were used during production, possibly to hold the large spit that went through the large hole in the centre of the bulkhead.

[rayofleamington]

According to the original design guys, they were put in place for a different (bigger) shock absorber - however the alternative shocker wasn't deemed necessary (& as you can see, the holes were never deleted).