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Originally Posted by Cape Codder
'31 Model A - Can you explain the installation of your trunk carrier. I noticed that the wood is up with the suitcase on top of that. Others I have observed the wood does not show until the trunk is removed and carrier folded up. Is this trunk carrier different then the many parts houses sell?
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I turned the platform over, folds the same way but wood slats on top keep luggage more dry than sitting them down into a frame. Water collects around the edges and rots whatever is sitting "in" the frame out. When I was in the Army, we set all our equipment on top of pallets to keep it all dry, not down inside a pallet. If no one runs with any trunk or luggage, for show, slats showing when folded is fine....when carrying a trunk/luggage, eventually it will harm the bottom outside edges. Either way, it's bolted down as is my suitcase, the bag is strapped to the suitcase and around the back support bar. I carry nothing in the suitcase except fillers to keep it from collapsing, in the bag I car a car rain cover and luggage rain cover.