J.C. WHitney has some nice chrome plated brass License plate frames that can
have 2 small holes drilled in line with the trunk handle and you then bolt
the trunk handle to the car throught the license plate frame..Solves the
problem of drilling holes in the trunk or boot lid as the Purists call
it.........
-----Original Message-----
From: jay peterson <japeterson(at)earthlink.net>
To: K. Patrick Wheeler <pwheeler(at)ix.netcom.com>
Cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net>; tigers(at)autox.team.net
<tigers(at)autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, October 12, 1998 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: Rusty Boot
>K. Patrick Wheeler wrote:
>>
>> The boot (trunk) lid on my SV has proceeded to rust along the lower edge
to
>> the point it is visible from the outside and is bubbling through the
paint.
>> In looking at a fix for this it appears there are two options, replace it
>> entirely or cut the entire section out and have new metal welded in. Has
>> anyone else experienced this and have any particular recomendations? The
>> lid is a bit rough and a replacement might be a better option, anyone
have a
>> nice rust free version that they'd be willing to part with?
>> -Patrick
>Patrick,
>I have the same problem with my Tiger Mk 1 and I have opted to replace
>the boot with a new one. After weighing the cost and effort of repairing
>the damage, and realizing the rust would probably come back later
>anyway, it seemed prudent to obtain a different one.
>I do not know what caused yours to rust, but I believe mine was due to
>having holes drilled into for the license plate that also allowed water
>to enterand collect in the bootlid. Since I do not intend to repeat this
>in the future, I have procured a license plate mount that should allow
>use of the boot lid handle for mounting instead of drilling new holes.
>It is a part manufactured by EMPI (Volkswagen aftermarket) and also has
>a light in it which I may or may not use. If anyone is interested, the
>EMPI part # is 00-9457-0 and runs around $9.00, but will require 2 extra
>holes to be drilled in the bracket as the existing ones do not line up.
>Jay Peterson
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