Re: 1938 super eight search light dilemma
Posted by HH56 On 2019/3/2 14:12:59
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Packard newbie wrote:
Is it possible Don, that the hole was factory and just came with a rubber plug, or some other blind, i.e. a chrome grommet? The hole in my car definitely does not look liked it was drilled, post-production.
No idea what kind of tools were available then but some of the hand punches (Greenlee knockouts come to mind) will make a hole indistinguishable from one made by a factory using a monster press. It depends on access behind or curvature of the metal as to whether something like that could have been used but there might have been a factory tool with a die shape that could account for curvatures. A hole saw and a bit of deburring can also make a clean and punched look hole but would take some careful finish work. Unlike todays mechanics who seem to be under constaints to hold to the best case flat rate time and get it done quickly I think mechanics then took a bit more pride in their work so a clean factory looking hole by other means is not out of the question.
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