David,
I have the holes on both sides and they are not big enough to evacuate
much of anything. I don't think that is the answer. Rich, where are
you?
Lin Rose
1960 BT7 in restoration
1959 Bugeye
On Sep 3, 2004, at 9:30 PM, davidwjones wrote:
> If you will note, looking at the spear for the left hand front
> wing/fender, it is cast so that there is a gap between the bottom edge
> of the spear and the body of the car. This feature, along with the
> holes in the wing/fender is supposed to help to evacuate hot air from
> around the carburetors. (-at speed, I'm assuming). I don't know about
> you car, but neither the extra two holes or the gap under the spear
> appear on my right front fender, where there are no carbs...
>
> David W. Jones
> '62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
> Cumberland, RI USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: linwood rose
> To: C Rich
> Cc: list healey
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 7:45 PM
> Subject: Holes in wings
>
> Rich,
> The wing spears have 3 locating screws. The original wings on my 60 BT7
> have three small holes for the spears, but they also have two larger
> holes that appear to serve no purpose. What are the extra holes
> designed to do?
>
> Thanks.
> Lin Rose
> 1960 BT7 in restoration
> 1959 Bugeye
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