car back from the body shop w/ big gaping rectangular hole

[jmz]

in the right front fender there is an open hole rectangular in shape. I seem to recall some sort of aluminum vehicle info tag going there can anyone verify this?

I spoke w/ the owner of the shop and he seems to think it was there when it came in. surely I would have remembered a hole...there are either screw or rivet holes on either side of the rectangle so something must have been there.

[Tyson Schmidt]

If you were any more vague, this post wouldn't even exist.

Having said that, if it is on the side, behind the fenderwell and about doorhandle high, it is probably where a European side marker light was once affixed.

[911pcars]

Might have been an opening for A/C lines. Early 911s w/A/C have the high and low pressure lines running under the passenger side rocker panel and up through the RF fender. The plate (now apparently missing) contained a couple of grommeted holes for the A/C lines to pass to the expansion valve/evaporator in the smuggler's compartment.

Fabricate an aluminum cover and rivet in place, then paint to match.

Sherwood Lee
http://members.rennlist.org/911pcars

[jmz]

your right but it is late and i am tired and just drank a couple of beers. ok how is this for clarity, it is in the passenger fenderwell, i.e behind the tire a several inches behind the strut

[Tyson Schmidt]

Hmmm...... yeah, perhaps he meant to say "fenderwell" instead of fender. That makes a lot more sense.

[Tyson Schmidt]

Ahhh, there's the answer. We posted at the same time.

[jmz]

ok so no id plate that is a relief. i'll just fabricate something out of aluminum.

[Kurt B]

How long did it take Tyson to become and 'Evil' ahole after moving to southern CA?
Just less than a year I think.
Pretty soon, he'll be a screaming ahole like JimT, me, and a few others.