Gordon et al.,
The others sound to me to be mounting points for the factory luggage straps.
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>From: Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net>
>Reply-To: Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net>
>To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Threaded holes in body
>Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 22:22:36 -0700
>
>That sure is a lot of holes! You're probably right on the roll bar mounts.
>You are for sure right on
>the alternate seat track holes. The seat belt halves used one big bolt
>each. I *think* the shoulder
>harness bolts to the inside of the wheel well with a single big bolt. Three
>of the holes on the
>trunk wall should be down very low in the passenger compartment, one in the
>center and one on each
>side. These are for the little "twistie" posts to hold the top boot in
>place. The rest of them, I
>have no clue.
>
>Erik A Smeby wrote:
>
> > Ok, so I chipped and scraped all the stuff off my floorboards and I
>found
> > many taped over holes that were threaded and I am curious what they were
> > for, 4 each side behind seats on floor, 4 more behind the each seat
>in
> > the raised area( what would one call it?) Factory roll bar? I have 8
> > threaded holes on the front of the trunk wall, visible from the trunk??
> I
> > have 2 sets of holes for mounting the seats-forward and back, about 2"
> > apart, could this be a factory thing for American tall folk? There are
> > about 4 more holes that were taped over underneath the factory coating.
> > I also found a spot to mount some 6x9 speakers. Forward of the wheel
>wells,
> > behind the seats, one of the PO's cut out between 2 of the 3 holes on
>each
> > side, then hammered away at the sharp jagged edges that were left.
>(Hmmm,
> > that parts car is looking cleaner all the time).
> > I had some adhesive remover for flooring glue that seemed to get the
> > remnants of the coating pretty well, also ate through my gloves, and did
>a
> > number on my sinuses. If anybody is interested, I could find the brand.
> I
> > also found a brand new heater core from my local dealership at $117.
>Seemed
> > like a good deal. Rebuilding mine was estimated at $150.
> > This weekend I may actually start tightening some things on my car
>instead
> > of loosening and removing everything.
>
>--
>Gordon Glasgow
>http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
>
>
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