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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........... 
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 
)??
I'm open to correction on that though (not the bit about driving on the wrong side of the road 
).
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