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Subject:Re: Metal engine lids vs plastic
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:15:52 +1200

>In a message dated 11/19/01 1:02:26 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ writes:
>
><< If you want a NICE lid, go plastic. If you want a heavy clumsy SAFE
>  clunker, go steel. A pickup (doka) lid is a normal steel one with a
>  wood top attached; the wood can be removed for use in a van. >>
>
>That's news to me. I've had two T3 dokas and have seen at least a dozen. All
>had laminated plywood lids.
>
>BenT

Mine is laminated wood attached by 6 sheetmetal screws to a stock
metal lid underneath. The wood panel is cosmetic. I took it off and
now wonder what to do with it... possibly the only wooden one in NZ!

AG