Hole in top of Tii front cowl, what's this for?

[Charles in PA]

Hole equity?

[Conserv]

On 9/7/2022 at 12:24 PM, John76 said:

Yes Carl, there is a hole on the driver's side.

Must be for the RHD cars to feel equally violated.

I guess, John, you’ve never seen the dual distributor M10: like those fancy Italian cars… 😉

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

 

[John76]

3 hours ago, Conserv said:

I guess, John, you’ve never seen the dual distributor M10

Steve,

No, I haven't seen a dual distributor M10.

Dual points...yes, I use to have a dual point Mallory that I sent to Tom ('76Mintgrun02) for his collection of fun things to play with.

I always thought the hole on the Left side of the firewall was for the right-hand-drive motors.

 

[Son of Marty]

The hole on the d/s is there to maintain the delicate balanced corner weights. 

[John76]

15 hours ago, Son of Marty said:

The hole on the d/s is there to maintain the delicate balanced corner weights. 

And the holes also serve as deer whistles. 

Various hole diameters determine the tone and pitch necessary for various species.

.... just trying to help get this post to page 10. 

[OriginalOwner]

as John76 says above:  we're trying to get to Page 10 .....

 

SO, with that in mind .....  Here are 2 more examples.

 

EXAMPLE A:   the '72tii that just sold for $93,000 ...... it had no hole in the cowl .........

 

 

 

EXAMPLE B:   another '72tii just this morning went on BaT, and it has a hole in the cowl !!   

 

 

 

 

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Cheers,

 

Carl

 

[John76]

11 minutes ago, OriginalOwner said:

 the '72tii that just sold for $93,000 ...... it had no hole in the cowl .........

More metal = more $$$. 😁

Are we getting close to Page 10?

[beammmer]

Tryin for ten.  Another BaT vehicle.  No Hole.  

 

Don

 

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[NYNick]

There are plenty of holes on BaT! Just read the comments.

[jimk]

Since no mechanic  has ever tuned my one owner, there no hole and now it doesn't have a distributor!

Edited September 24, 2022 by jimk

[OriginalOwner]

are we on page 10 yet ??

 

This new owner of a '74tii does NOT have the hole in the cowling ......

 

 

 

Cheers,

 

Carl

 

[Charles in PA]

The owner of that lovely 74tii @simonjb just posted about his new acquisition. He probably doesn’t know the “hole” story. 

[John76]

1 hour ago, Charles in PA said:

He probably doesn’t know the “hole” story. 

Please "fill" him in...😁

[John76]

On 9/24/2022 at 12:21 PM, jimk said:

Since no mechanic  has ever tuned my one owner, there no hole

Sure is purrrdy Jim.

Total "eye candy"!!!

[NYNick]

Hole lot of love?