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> Tail light nubby, Is this little protrusion..."normal"?
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post Dec 29 2011, 05:02 PM
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I'm reworking the tail light socket on a donor fender before cutting out a section and grafting into my car. My sockets are basically sculpted from Bondo and are smooth on the bottom ledge but the "good" fender has sort of a nub which looks like it would hold the plastic tail light assembly up against the top of the socket. Is this thing supposed to be here?

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post Dec 29 2011, 05:53 PM
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Of the 5 cars I have here, none of them have that nub.
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post Dec 29 2011, 06:07 PM
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post Dec 29 2011, 06:39 PM
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post Dec 29 2011, 06:58 PM
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fender from a 75/76 car?
nub holds bub on top edge.
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post Dec 29 2011, 07:09 PM
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QUOTE(messix @ Dec 29 2011, 07:58 PM) *

fender from a 75/76 car?
nub holds bub on top edge.



WTF is a bub ? I know a few BOBs, and I dated a girl that played the OBO,
but I never heard of, nor met a BUB.
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post Dec 29 2011, 07:13 PM
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QUOTE(dlestep @ Dec 29 2011, 05:09 PM) *

QUOTE(messix @ Dec 29 2011, 07:58 PM) *

fender from a 75/76 car?
nub holds bub on top edge.



WTF is a bub ? I know a few BOBs, and I dated a girl that played the OBO,
but I never heard of, nor met a BUB.

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post Dec 29 2011, 09:11 PM
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Yes, it's a 75 car. Does this mean that the tail light sockets in the rear section are a bit wider (top to bottom) than the earlier cars that didn't need the nub to hold the bumpers?

I have no frame of reference if somebody wouldn't mind grabbing me a measurement.
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post Dec 29 2011, 09:58 PM
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QUOTE(TargaToy @ Dec 29 2011, 07:11 PM) *

Yes, it's a 75 car. Does this mean that the tail light sockets in the rear section are a bit wider (top to bottom) than the earlier cars that didn't need the nub to hold the bumpers?

I have no frame of reference if somebody wouldn't mind grabbing me a measurement.


"73 is 105 mm.
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post Dec 29 2011, 10:06 PM
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post Dec 30 2011, 08:38 AM
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Two of the chassis are '75-'76 and they don't have the nub.

The others are a '73 & two '74s and they don't have it either.
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post Dec 30 2011, 08:57 AM
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So what the heck is it? I don't have any experience with the 75/76 cars except that I bought this one as a donor and its bumpers and tail lights had already been stripped when I found it.
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post Dec 30 2011, 11:13 PM
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QUOTE(TargaToy @ Dec 29 2011, 03:02 PM) *

I'm reworking the tail light socket on a donor fender before cutting out a section and grafting into my car. My sockets are basically sculpted from Bondo and are smooth on the bottom ledge but the "good" fender has sort of a nub which looks like it would hold the plastic tail light assembly up against the top of the socket. Is this thing supposed to be here?

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That my friends is called a "Unentschieden"

There were two kinds used on the 914. One looked like a raised rivet head and the later was more of a raised pellet. Many of the cars do not have them at all. The first time I actually realized they were a factory part and not a piece that someone forgot clip off was when I saw a new quarter panel.

A small piece of friction tape was used on the top of the head to keep the tailite housing positioned up properly.



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post Dec 31 2011, 12:09 AM
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Wow... Sometimes the knowledge base here freaks me out! Every day I learn I know more about less and less.

Well done!
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Hmmm ..Id never seen it before.
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