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Vintage Don
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Posted: 16 Mar. 2021 at 11:56pm |
I'm going through that fun process of welding up the extra holes that "don't belong there" on my new-to-me '46 VEC, as I try to put it back into proper, stock configuration.
I've already taken off all the 12 volt stuff and finished patching the passenger side inner fender from those items. Now, I've turned my attention to the driver's side... From studying photos, I know the big 7/8" hole near the middle is stock (although I'd love to understand its purpose! Anybody know?) But I'm struggling to figure out if the two holes that are circled in red are factory or not. (They're NOT a horn bracket, my horn mounts back at the firewall.) Front of the Jeep is to the right in the photo. What say ye? Edited by Vintage Don - 17 Mar. 2021 at 12:00am |
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lowenuf
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The large hole is an MB leftover, there to run the wiring for the fender mounted light.... Those other two holes aren't factory
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Vintage Don
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That was pretty quick!! Thanks very much. They will disappear shortly....
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Vintage Don
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They were never there..... Haha
The runs and drips down lower bugged me, too. That's one more small step. Cheers.
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SlaterDoc
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They were probably from an old fender mounted horn bracket. So. if your horn is on the firewall you won't need to drill them out again!
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Vintage Don
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That's my best guess, too. I searched all over to find a stock purpose for them and never could. It's got to be an early - probably original - fender, since it has the blackout lights wiring hole. Also has the 'ground strap screw hole' behind the junction plate. Whenever I found a photo of a fender mounted horn, the bolt holes lined up in a horizontal line, and these were vertically aligned. Yet they had that "factory look" to them.... Anyway, they're gone (and I have a drill! Haha) Thanks.
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Greaser007
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Don,
You could have conveniently left them there to mount your under-fender Go-Pro trail cam. :)
Edited by Greaser007 - 22 Mar. 2021 at 3:08pm |
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Vintage Don
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Let's play another hand... Haha!
I pulled out my (incorrect) passenger seat, which will be replaced with a correct 2A seat later. That exposed the top of my toolbox area - which of course has "excess holes" from those seats. Which - if any - of these holes should actually be here? Do any of them serve to attach the front pivot / anchor for the correct seat? Edited by Vintage Don - 27 Mar. 2021 at 4:57pm |
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TERRY
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If my memory is intact the two larger holes near the front edge are where the anchors attach.
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Hamhog
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Like Terry said, here's a pic. |
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WeeWilly
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What is that stud at the back of the tool box for?
Jim
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Vintage Don
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That was my next question!
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uncamoney
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It's to hold down the back of the seat, or it was used that way in a MB.
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Vintage Don
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Makes sense, this is a pretty early VEC and has many MB features. SN # 18907. Thank you.
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Vintage Don
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Next round... I've pulled out the driver seat and gas tank, getting ready to patch stuff up in this area. (Already asked about the tank floor penetrations.) The replacement seat that I pulled out had been "re-engineered" with an interesting penetration through the front of the rear wheel housing.
Just to help orient you, I'm looking at this area - So I imagine this front face of that rear wheel opening should have NO holes in it at all - that this area should be simple planes of flat steel - no holes or openings at all. Yes? (Zooming in here now on that "front wall" of the inner wheel housing circled above.) Edited by Vintage Don - 02 Apr. 2021 at 10:54pm |
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uncamoney
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Not stock.
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Vintage Don
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OK.... That was kinda sparse info... haha!
Are you saying ALL the various holes and penetrations are Not Stock, as I assumed and asked - and that this area should be just flat planes of steel, no holes at all?
Edited by Vintage Don - 02 Apr. 2021 at 11:36pm |
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uncamoney
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It is not a stock hole, at least on any of my Jeeps. Hard to say, seat belt? If nothing was mounted there, weld it up.
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