the lower hinge bracket and ¾” below the upper corner of the body. Simply pull the spring
out of column and gravity does the rest. Fig. 4
The ¼” thick mahogany plywood floor has a piano hinge riveted in place for you. This
provides the attachment to the front panel. Once bolted together, the floor can be swung
upwards providing access to the spare tire well and battery. The pilot holes at each end of
the floor provide the location of the two eye-nut hold-downs to be installed next.
7.
Place the plywood floor in car with piano hinge facing up. With floor held well aft, a
¼” dia. drill bit is to be used to drill downwards through the two pilot holes and the
fiberglass below. After removing the plywood floor, insert two ¼” dia. bolts up through
these holes and secure them with ¼” dia. nuts on top. Next, enlarge the ¼” holes in
the plywood floor with a larger ½” dia. drill bit. This will provide the space for the ¼”
dia. nuts to recess into, allowing the floor to settle down to the fiberglass below.
Replace the floor over the recessed nuts, hand tighten the eye-nuts and 1” flat
washers. The eye-nuts provide an attachment for straps or shock cords to secure the
luggage or whatever? To achieve a good fit of the front panel, the intention is to
have the deck lid, when closed, sit on top of the small horizontal plane that turns
rearwards at the top of the front panel. The top of the corner or radius of the panel is
where the deck lid should intersect to sit on top of the panel. See Fig. 5
Now that the rear deck lid is installed and closed down, one will find a loose, not completely
shut corner of the deck lid nearest the spring-prop – a result of the spring-prop in its folded
down position, springing back, lifting the deck lid a bit at the nearby corner. Never fear, one
will find by pushing down, where to locate the lock and key that will squeeze the deck lid
totally closed. This is directly behind the headrest bump, approximately 10” from the nearest
