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Title: What are these?
Post by: gurrier on 16 February 2022, 06:11 AM
Hello all,

Curiosity has got the better of me.

While working on the front footwells I see that there are designed in openings in the structure on both sides filled with a round plate and sealed with seam sealer.

This is the one on the driver's side with seam sealer taken out.
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/uhndxpqgjsn1gfo/What.jpg?dl=1)

There are two more in floor of the spare wheel compartment.

Just wondering what the purpose was.

Regards,

Bill
Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: rumb on 16 February 2022, 09:36 AM
There are dozens of those throughout the body.  I thinks the holes are there for when they dipped the chassis in the undercoating baths to allow the fluid to get in and drain.
Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: gurrier on 16 February 2022, 05:20 PM
rumb,

Thanks for the reply.

May have to delete one in the spare wheel well due to rust getting
under underbody coating on the outside and seam sealer on the inside.

Bill
Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: ptashek on 17 February 2022, 09:55 AM
Rumb is correct. These were used at factory as drain holes when the chassis was dip-coated during assembly.

They came in handy when my car went through the same process 40 years later! No drilling required.

If you don't plan on anything like that done, it's OK to delete the bigger ones.

You may want to keep the smaller ones around certain box sections. These were also used for access when rust proofing wax was injected.
Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: Jan S on 17 February 2022, 06:13 PM
ptashek,

fantastic - so you stripped your car down to bare metal a few years ago? Please tell us a bit of that story. Do you have pics?

Would be interesting.
Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: rumb on 18 February 2022, 11:14 AM
Quote from: Jan S on 17 February 2022, 06:13 PMptashek,

fantastic - so you stripped your car down to bare metal a few years ago? Please tell us a bit of that story. Do you have pics?

Would be interesting.

Click on the little blue globe under his name on the left side of his posts.
Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: Jan S on 18 February 2022, 01:43 PM
fantastic story and what a journey, and great pics!

AND, the pics are very useful - finally i get to see some parts and areas I haven't seen before.

Built and restored for the eternity - a lucky car and a lucky driver/owner!

Title: Re: What are these?
Post by: ptashek on 19 February 2022, 01:50 PM
Quote from: Jan S on 18 February 2022, 01:43 PMfantastic story and what a journey, and great pics!

AND, the pics are very useful - finally i get to see some parts and areas I haven't seen before.

Built and restored for the eternity - a lucky car and a lucky driver/owner!



Thanks :)
I don't have the skills to pull of a job of this magnitude, so had it done for me. But yes, completely stripped to nothing but bare metal.

If one considers how many hours can go into sandblasting, getting rid of all that underseal, layers and layers of paint and filler, the chemical stripping/de-rusting is a much better, and not much more expensive alternative. Plus it really gets in everywhere, something sandblasting can't do.