Parcel Shelf

[Austinmini1966]

Good evening,

Has anyone else seen the variation between an original parcel shelf panel and the one supplied by Newtons?

First photo shows the two cut outs yet the new one doesn’t…..just wondering if one has to cut them on the new one?

Many thanks

[gs.davies]

I have a second hand Newton parcel shelf and that had no holes or cutouts. Having seen the cut outs, this might be the easiest way to align the upper seat rail with the holes in the parcel shelf.

Thanks for the inadvertent tip!

[AndyPen]

The cut outs make it much easier to remove - rather than have to lift the whole seat out to clear the threads if there holes - kind of depends on alignment as I think some may not need them.

[Peter Laidler]

I think that holes or gaps are up to you. The reason for them, as stated already, is to allow the screws that hold the back seat upright down.

You might ask yourself if there's any reason for the screws - and therefore holes or cut-outs!
The rear seat upright hooks over the top of the rear upright and the rods on the bottom edge fit into locating holes at the bottom. So the seat upright is pretty-well secure anyway - without the need for the screws. Mine ain't been screwed down since 1986 and hasn't come loose yet.....

Leave it un-cut I say

[hanlminiman]

Peter - you favour the uncut version then.

[Peter Laidler]

Errrrr, yes.....! I was thinking of something of a suitable - or UNsuitable - double entendre to say as I wrote it. But you know me..... Sheltered life and all that wokeness stuff.

[gs.davies]

I think that holes or gaps are up to you. The reason for them, as stated already, is to allow the screws that hold the back seat upright down.

You might ask yourself if there's any reason for the screws - and therefore holes or cut-outs!
The rear seat upright hooks over the top of the rear upright and the rods on the bottom edge fit into locating holes at the bottom. So the seat upright is pretty-well secure anyway - without the need for the screws. Mine ain't been screwed down since 1986 and hasn't come loose yet.....

Leave it un-cut I say

Early cars are only screwed in at the top. There’s no tensioning rods to locate them on the seat base.