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Posted by: kconway May 12 2007, 11:50 PM

What are the these circular things with the square in the middle for?

Kev

Posted by: Root_Werks May 12 2007, 11:54 PM

There was a thread on this some time ago. I think it was determined they were used for chassis mounting to the assembly line. If memory serves, some pics were even posted with the "goop" removed. You can turn the plugs out. Sort of cool, but that I think was thier only purpose.

Posted by: Dr Evil May 13 2007, 12:15 AM

Access holes for the spot welders

Posted by: orange914 May 13 2007, 12:44 AM

it must be they are on the bottom too

Posted by: So.Cal.914 May 13 2007, 12:56 AM

I believe the first time I heard this was from our Resident German, SirAndy.

So I have to



Those that they suspended the tub on the assembley line are the four small

bumps (with a hole in the middle)in the corner of the floor pans. Let me see if I

can find the pic that Andy posted.

Posted by: SirAndy May 13 2007, 02:22 AM

actually, that one in the middle near your jack is a placeholder for the sport-o-matic "hump" ...

see pic attached ...
Andy

Posted by: McMark May 13 2007, 02:33 AM

I wouldn't be surprised if it was both, Andy.

Posted by: SirAndy May 13 2007, 02:45 AM

i wouldn't be surprised either ...

here's another pic from the underside of a very clean sport-o-matic /6.

you can clearly see why them sport-o-matic cars have a "hump" in the rear trunk ...
Andy


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Posted by: JPB May 13 2007, 06:23 AM

They are there so someone in the futur would scratch their heads and wonder why, hu, what the, hmm, I think, nah,gee, fugly.....

Posted by: smontanaro May 13 2007, 07:22 AM

Wow! Very clean indeed! Whose car is that???

Skip

Posted by: So.Cal.914 May 13 2007, 08:21 AM

GODS

Posted by: SirAndy May 13 2007, 03:54 PM

Frank Pohl from Germany. the car had been sitting for 23 years and was in pretty bad shape. he did a full restoration on it which was finished in 2002 ...

Andy