My point exactly, the point of diminishing returns and reconstructive archeology on these car parts is rather ridiculous. Yeah I'm sorry I threw away the delaminated plywood pieces that I have but I kept the three pieces that were screwed up against the side wall of the trunk. It's obvious I know nothing about Dendrology but I can usually tell a light hard wood from a dark hard woodHi Warren, European or in this case UK plywood have thinner “plys” than what we see here in general use in North America. I was told this by an old Irishman who was a carpenter who also had a Tiger. If you look at the stock plywood trunk false floor you will also see the much thinner plys also.
Beech was a common frame component for other makes run thru the common factories, as was Baltic birch. These scraps would have been hangin' around anyway.From what I have heard from original pieces and UK wood in the day, Baltic Birch plywood was used under the tray and “Beech” was used and fastened to the side of the frame. Others have stated that they had found wood like mahogany and oak in this application. Again was it what they had on hand and just cut to size and installed?