Nor 2016, for that matter. Above you can see the fairly horrible rear deck panel, which will look OK after filling and what-not, but, man, it’s in tough condition. I also discovered the fuel tank is leaking, and best of all, the rear suspension cross-member had to be moved half an inch forward so the spares emerged in the right place.
Here is the solution I came up with for the outside of the frame, looks semi-official (especially once it’s painted), and covers the extra set of holes. That used to be a square electrical box cover…
The inside is a mess right now, but I’ll clean it up. Oddly enough, by moving this forward, the front spare now touches the frame when standing upright, which means the spare-wheel tie-down point makes sense. I just need to make a hold-down. I was also able to correct the tilt the cross-member had previously been installed with, so I guess that’s a minor victory.
This corner of the tank was weeping. I’ll order an epoxy sealer kit (probably from Caswell, but I’ve used Eastwood in the past as well) and slosh it around, should take care of this sort of pinhole stuff. I’m pretty impressed with the Rustoleum brush-on enamel on the wood frame, the gasoline dulled the gloss, but didn’t peel it off. This, however…