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I am working on 20 roadster and at the back of the body there is apiece of sheet metal that looks to be bolted together. I was wondering what type of bolts would of been used there?
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Ralph

This photo was posted in another thread in 2017, appears from picture that Ford used rivets to secure the seat base metal to the back rest metal. But in other places Ford used stove bolts , so maybe either?

Ralph

I had originally replied with photos but removed it as I am now unsure if your photo is from the back, looking forward at the outside of the rear of the body (with the trunk floor removed), or are we looking from the front to the rear?

Thanks Scott for the quick reply I think I will have to you some small nuts and bolts instead of rivets. Scott were the planks screw down or nailed
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Ralph

the planks are screwed down to the main rails with 2 wood screws at each end, and nails go "up" through the back panel into the first plank. Runners underneath the planks are secured with box nails which are clinched over on the underside (those are all the metal "dots" you see in the wood).

remember, this is all for '23 and I am not suggesting it is correct for your car as I have not researched it...it is just correct for my year.

Unfortunately I have no photo(s) of the bare lip prior to fitting the planks.

the ONLY place I have seen bolts associated with sheet metal is in the joining of the rear sides to the back, and that involves an additional stiffening rib which covers the joint. I do not believe that any kind of bolt would have been involved in a sheet-metal to wood joint.

your hole spacing appears the same as mine, and the 2nd from left appears the correct size as original. On mine, that hole is not used as it is in the area where the battery cover is located and the lip supports the cover but the cover is not secured to the lip.

I suspect that hole on yours is not wallowed out because of the same reason.