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Craig E. Luton
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turtle deck mounting question

Post by Craig E. Luton » Fri Sep 06, 2024 8:28 pm

I am getting ready to mount my turtledeck onto the roadster bed behind the seat bucket. Should I put a layer of felt paper (maybe felt roofing paper) under the turtledeck? What was used originally if anything?
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Craig
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Erik Johnson
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Re: turtle deck mounting question

Post by Erik Johnson » Fri Sep 06, 2024 11:24 pm

Leather washers- refer to this post:

https://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/5 ... 1221941017

I don't know if leather washers were used all the way through the 1922 model year but I presume they would be correct for your 1914 roadster.

I have an unrestored 1917 roadster and I removed trunk in order to straighten out the sheet metal and there were no leather washers. I also have an NOS or early take-off trunk and there are no leather washers but I've never checked to see if there is evidence that there were any, such as corresponding nail/tack holes.
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