cord Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 It called a, "PLATE, metal, blanking paint drain hole" , in the moss catalogue. Any ideas?? PS. It's in the spare wheel well. . . .under a piece of sound deadening. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mdave Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Cord, The clue is actually in the name! When cars were painted at the factory, the first coat was often a dip - back in the 60's, likely a basic black coating to provide a sound base for top coat. The body is on a conveyor system, the body is tipped in nose first, fully submerged, then lifted out - so has a lot of liquid paint on it. Drain holes let this drain out. They need to be filled later with either metal or (nowadays) rubber plates/ grommets. Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlanT Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Thats it. All cars have em. Sometimes four or five of 'em in the boot somewhere. Al. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cord Posted February 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Thanks for the replies, all makes so much sense when you know! Another question if I may, why are the rear inner wing profiles different? Passenger side doesn't have the deep dish/well that the driver side has? Dan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) Thats for the US versions that had a tank secured there for fuel fume extraction. Stuart. Edited February 15, 2013 by stuart Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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