Re: 51Packard's....51 Packard

Posted by HH56 On 2013/4/16 20:50:37

I'm confused -- which is nothing unusual. Are we talking the two holes circled in red in the photos labeled mystery holes --approx 3/8 or so which go down into the slotted brackets. If so, I don't believe those are for the splasher. Doesn't the splasher use the 8 or 9 large holes closer to the edge inside the trough? The V8 uses the same arrangement and the mystery bolts are reinforcments for the gas tank T bolt saddles (slotted brackets). Those brackets are only spot welded to the trunk floor and without the larger bolts would be a little flimsy to carry that much weight.