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What are these holes in the footwell?

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:06 pm
by moggy dave
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?

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:56 pm
by jagnut66
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 ).
Best wishes,
Mike.

Re: What are these holes in the footwell?

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:06 pm
by moggy dave
Thanks for the typo correction Mike - now fixed!

Re: What are these holes in the footwell?

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:43 pm
by mike.perry
Left hand drive dipswitch. There should be a blanking plate over it.

Re: What are these holes in the footwell?

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:07 am
by moggy dave
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

Re: What are these holes in the footwell?

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:21 am
by MarkyB
The clutch pedal I would think, compare it to the other side.

Re: What are these holes in the footwell?

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 5:11 pm
by David W.
I have a LHD convertible made for export to the colonies.
The holes are for the clutch pedal and the dip switch.
The end.

Re: What are these holes in the footwell?

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 5:57 pm
by moggy dave
Thanks for shedding light on this!

Dave