Holes

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Charlie S.
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Holes

Post by Charlie S. » Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:06 am

Hi,
looking carefully my Slat I noted some holes not originals (I guess)
Could you tell me your opinion about them ?
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I restored the Slat Grill factory
Thanks in advance.
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Slat Grill #124991 - March 1942
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Mark Jesic
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Re: Holes

Post by Mark Jesic » Mon Oct 30, 2017 1:16 pm

Nothing like that on mine Charlie, i look forward to the replies on here about it though.

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Re: Holes

Post by GSS » Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:58 pm

Did someone drill through spotwelds and then decided that they didn’t really need to separate the cowl and firewall?
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Re: Holes

Post by yorkshireman » Wed Nov 01, 2017 11:31 pm

Maybe someone added a weather strip at sometime in its life...

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Re: Holes

Post by Joe Gopan » Thu Nov 02, 2017 5:34 am

It might be an attempt at a drip edge to keep the rain out of the rear spark plug hole.
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