1926 roadster - what are these holes for question...

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Travis E. Towle on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 06:42 pm:

1926 Roadster...

In the pic below what are the holes for that the red arrows are pointing too.




Thanks in advance...


Travis E. Towle
Topeka, Kansas

785-357-1004


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Putnam, Bluffton, Ohio on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 09:58 pm:

Studs to hold the floor mat in place?????


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Norman T. Kling on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 10:02 pm:

I think the upper one is for a clamp which holds the drain tube on. That is a tube about 1 foot long below the gas tank outlet which drains spilled gas or water which might get on the top of the gas tank. You will see a small hole next to the filler cap for the spilled gas or possible rain water to drain. There is a hole behind the sediment bulb where the tube attaches and a clamp goes through that hole to keep the tube in place against the firewall.

I don't know what the lower hole is for. It will be covered by the floor mat.
Norm


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Travis E. Towle on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 10:04 pm:

There is only one that the floor mat would touch and I see these same holes on all models of T's. The top one is just below where the gas tank goes through the firewall.


Travis


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Travis E. Towle on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 11:41 pm:

Thanks Norman - I will dry fit the gas tank in the morning and see if that is the hole for the clamp.


Travis


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mattthew G California on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 12:40 am:

I have a 26 touring and I have the lower, but not the upper hole.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jeff Humble on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 11:57 am:

The upper hole is for a rivet that holds a canvas boot to seal around the gas tank drain where it passes through the firewall.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Norman T. Kling on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 02:02 pm:

I was wrong about the upper hole. The clamp which holds the drain pipe is lower on the firewall under the floor riser.

I have a 26 Roadster and a 26 Touring. I went out today to look at them and find no such holes on the roadster. The touring has the holes, but nothing is attached to them. The floor mat covers both holes.

Apparently whatever was attached to those holes was either added after the body style began or was deleted during production. I have no idea what month the bodies were made but due to the doorpost and the sill plate, they are both 26's.
Norm


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