1960 Spare Tire Board
What is the board suppose to look like in the area where the trunk latch is fastened. Mine has a crude square cut out, but then someone appears to have taken a saw and cut off the bottom 2 inches; straight across from left to right. Anyone have a photo to post of a correct board?
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Joe,
Hope this helps. Looks original to me.
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The 58-60 will have a notch in them for the latch that the 61-62 doesn't have.Joe,
Hope this helps. Looks original to me.
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Here is a restored original '60 board. http://ckautollc.phanfare.com/212103...geID=113481222
Hope this helps. Notches can be crudely cut, especially on boards with RPO wider wheels.Comment
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I noticed the restored original board has a knot plug. I thought the boards did not have plugs on the top side. Thanks for the web photos. I still need to see the entire cutout to see if it is symmetrical. An archives thread indicated that the cut out is 1.375" on the left and 2" on the right and 3.625" across the top.Comment
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Here are some better photos of 2 different '58 trunk boards.
Comparision of reproduction to original side by side on '58
...and finally a trunk board from an unrestored '60
Last edited by Chuck W.; March 7, 2011, 08:50 PM.Comment
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Love your comment about the Al Knoch trunk mat...YUK!Comment
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Chuck, the original '60 board is exactly what I wanted to see. Wish I had the exact dimensions of the cut out. I have a friend with a 1959 and one with a 1960; will take measurements of the cut outs from their boards. It looks like the cut out is basically the size of the knotch in the trunk mat.Comment
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Joe,
I can measure a few of mine if you need me too. Also, I have an original board that came out of a '60 that has a larger, rough cut notch. I initiallythought that bubba had gotten to it but later was told that it was probably from an RPO car with wider wheels. The wider wheel raises the board in the trunk requiring additional clearance to be cut to clear the lock mechanism. I can also take some shots and measurements of that if necessary. Let me know.
I'm no trunk board expert but I have seen several original boards and have observed that the notch is often not an exact cut on many original boards. They certainly weren't laser cut.
I have a '60 with moatly original parts and an unrestored trunk board. You can see that the notch is not squarely cut. Original labels are intact. Car has less than 30k miles.
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Chuck, thanks for the photos of your 1960 trunk. Looks like the cutout was the width of the trunk latch. If you have time, could you measure the length of the left and right cuts? thank you for your time.Comment
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here are a couple of originals i have, interestingly enough one has the cat eye repairs and one doesn't, the opening measures 2" and 1 3/8" deep by 3 1/2 " wide on both of them, both are pretty tidy cuts with a slight radius at the junction of the 2 cutsComment
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Thanks for the measurements and now I am ready to make a new tire board. I search all over Dallas, TX and could not find 5-ply 3/8" plywood, but since my car is a driver and numerous items are not original, I don't have a problem using a 3-ply reproduction. I will save the original board because it is in excellent condition except where Bubba hacked out and sawed out part of the bottom of the board.
Can someone go through the process of uploading photos to a thread?Comment
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