Rick60 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Hi Guys, I don't get here that often, mainly because my GT6 doesn't give me any real trouble! However! I'm in the process of doing some repairs to my tailgate and have a query I'm hoping someone can help me with. After stripping the tailgate and repairing the corners and the inner window flanges, I've noticed two almost perfectly circular holes in the sides of the gate which I'm wondering if they should to be there. Here's the tailgate: And this is one of the holes (there's one in exactly the same place on the other side): Can anyone tell me if they are supposed to be there and if so, what they are ther for? Many thanks. Richard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 No expert so all I can think of is theyre for heated rear screen electrical connections. Dont know if they were an option... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick60 Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 Quoted from glang- No expert so all I can think of is theyre for heated rear screen electrical connections. Dont know if they were an option... I have a heated screen but sem to recall that the wires for that were tucked under the window seal. Could be wrong though. Do you have a GT6? Could you take a look at yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Im lucky enough to have a Vitesse🤣 so it was just a guess and as you say under the rubber sounds more likely... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy916 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 I have a mk3 Gt6 mine has the same holes also, I have a heated rear screen, and the holes are not used, I suspect they are what we call tooling hole's used in the manufacture of the tail gate, if you sit in the car and look out the front both bottom corners of the windscreen surround have them about 100 mm up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick60 Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 Quoted from Guppy916- I have a mk3 Gt6 mine has the same holes also, I have a heated rear screen, and the holes are not used, I suspect they are what we call tooling hole's used in the manufacture of the tail gate, if you sit in the car and look out the front both bottom corners of the windscreen surround have them about 100 mm up Hi Guppy, Many thanks, I'll just tidy them up then. Richard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPearce Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Interesting. There are no such holes on my GT6 but that may just mean the restorer filled them. They do look to be right where the heated screen terminals are but the wires for that have always run along the rubber from the hinges. But then I've only owned the car for 60% of its life and it had seen some work before that. Guppy's probably right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick60 Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 Quoted from RobPearce- Interesting. There are no such holes on my GT6 but that may just mean the restorer filled them. They do look to be right where the heated screen terminals are but the wires for that have always run along the rubber from the hinges. But then I've only owned the car for 60% of its life and it had seen some work before that. Guppy's probably right. Yeah, thanks Rob. I wonder if perhaps Triumph had originally planned to put the wires inside the tailgate as there are a couple of holes in the frame at the top by the hinges too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byakk0 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I don't have those holes on either of the 2 Mk1 tailgates I have. I'd have to dig out the MK2 tailgate to see if its different, but that may wait till warmer weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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