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[Jacques Reed]

Originally Posted by Jacques Reed

Hi Tony, Don't know why it has the extra set of holes. maybe a production (missteak), mistake, Can confirm though the one I have photos of show those holes also so it must be common.

Just looking at Keith Webbs photo of a type 12 holder I notice the securing bolts are longer and riveted lower down on the side plate, about where the extra holes are on the two holders in our photos.

Just a theory but perhaps during production they decided to use shorter bolts to save steel or because of supply problems and moved the three rivet holes further up on the sides. Perhaps by then they had stamped out and pre-drilled hundreds of holders with the rivet holes for the longer bolts but no use throwing them away hence the double sets of holes.