What's your trunk/spare tie-down setup?

I'm in a Mk II Golf, and use the original well, along with kind of a support (it's like a ring on four posts), to be able to secure two spares.
They are tied down with two ratches (four points in total). Pretty fast to tighten and untighten actually - I don't have to get them all loose, just a bit, then I can pry them over the edge, and get the spare(s) out.

The ratches go into eyebolts in the floor - just bolted in there with biiig washers on both sides, to spread the load a bit.

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Brgrds
Brian





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We have a few spare lug nuts in a bag in the glove, or did. But, that takes time. What I learned was: don't have flats, don't change them on the stage, unless your brake lines or wiring harness are about to get it from a lose carcass and if you have to change a tire, don't drop the lug nuts!

Funny, how we spend weeks (or years) preparing all these bizarre little foregn cars, pay thousands of dollars, all just so we can make all these silly mistakes.

Did you actually drive those Markurs, back in the day? ;-)

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Ted Mendham
www.rensport.net

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> Did you actually drive those Markurs, back in the
> day? ;-)
>

The maroon one with the half-assed cage was my daily driver for a week or two...the right rear wheel stud sheared off Fiasco when I was taking the guy back to the People's Republic of Cambridge so I was forced to get a 20 day plate for it, despite the slipping clutch.

The other two...they're "project shells" I can't bring myself to smoosh. Sort of like a Sentra Farm I know....

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Andrew Steere
Lyndeborough, NH
KB1PJY

Just f*ckin' widge U. I remember Fiasco as a daily driver. Also remember seeing it stuffed off some Gary Webb TSD, with you and Brett running around it. ;-)

I bet a 401k or two, I can get a Sentra running, faster ;-)

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Ted Mendham
www.rensport.net

tedm Wrote:
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> Just f*ckin' widge U. I remember Fiasco as a
> daily driver. Also remember seeing it stuffed off
> some Gary Webb TSD, with you and Brett running
> around it. ;-)

Sweep never passed me, and I made up the time. "We have 29 miles to the next section and 28 minutes to get there." No problem.

> I bet a 401k or two, I can get a Sentra running,
> faster ;-)

Six cans of ether later....La Casa de Ardillas belches to life, killing scores of ardillas in the process.

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Andrew Steere
Lyndeborough, NH
KB1PJY

got the sheet metal (16t gauge) cut to fit and welded it all on today...not too bad considering I just taught myself to weld over Thanksgiving...

3x3" except for the one with a corner cut off.

^^Not bad, weld on right was the first one, took a second to get back into it.




^^worst one...apparently I can't weld too well w/my left hand, which I had to do because of the location (bottom right of the trunk).


^^last one, got everything dialed in.

finished product (minus D-rings...they're in the mail)



any feedback (good or bad) is welcome

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Jon Burke - KI6LSW
Blog: http://psgrallywrx.blogspot.com/



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