Chp trunk equipment holes?

Va 5.0 · #1 10-21-2012, 07:43 PM

What were these holes drilled into the spare tire well for? Did it have something to do with the radio tray?

John10608 · #2 10-21-2012, 08:06 PM

Had to be from previous owner. mine didn't have those in it.
Have never seen holes in the spare tire area like that before.

Mustang Kid · #3 10-21-2012, 08:35 PM

Center two holes were for the center brace under the equipment fiber board.

Don't have a clue what the other two pairs of holes are from. I'll look on our cars and see.

I should edit a trunk photo of mine showing all the holes and what they were for. Help future questions.

John10608 · #4 10-21-2012, 11:50 PM

Not in the spare tire cavity, there were no holes where the spare tire rests. The radio board mounting bracket holes were in the bottom of the trunk area, both sides away from the spare tire and close to the inside of the rear quarter panels. Also on the back side of the trunk floor behind the rear seats.

2 brackets, not 3. 4 holes total, 2 each side, and they would have been larger holes than the ones pictured.

There shouldn't be any holes drilled in the spare tire cavity

Va 5.0 · #5 10-22-2012, 10:02 AM

I have done a little research and I have found that it is really hard to find a picture of a trunk without the spare tire in it. The best one I have found was on Rich's restoration of his 1985 CHP8336. Pic's in the resto #2 album Pic #6 and #7 . It shows several sets of holes in the spare well they seem to line up with center supports for the radio tray.

Va 5.0 · #6 10-22-2012, 11:40 AM

Looks like Sam's car has the holes also also, maybe the micor radios and Ge mastr ii repeaters were heavier than the rangers that replaced them. Possibly later cars like John's did not need the extra bracing?

mac88chp · #7 10-22-2012, 11:49 AM

Interesting. I don't recall there being any holes like that in my tire well. Sam, do you have a photo of this radio board center support? Like John, I have never seen nor heard of one before.

(By the way, trying to wrestle the full size spare out of the well with the radio board installed is not possible. I have found out that you either have to loosen the board's support legs at the aft end and push up on the board (a nasty proposition) or simply remove the catch for the trunk latch. I suggest you other CHP owners consider this if you drive your cars any distance and carry the appropriate wrench to accomplish the latter.)