Interior trans tunnel question
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Interior trans tunnel question
Hey. Stripping my interior for recarpeting and speakers. Found a nice size hole next to where the trans tunnel/armrest hits the back wall where the deck is above. Are there supposed to be holes here on a stock car? I'm guessing not. This car had some weird **** going on with it from PO's bringing it to shops to be "Restored".
Bonus pic is a fatass plate that I guess the shop installed when someone fell through the fiberglass. LOL
Bonus pic is a fatass plate that I guess the shop installed when someone fell through the fiberglass. LOL
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Do you mean the vertical gap between the tunnel and the back panel? If so that's normal, leads into the area behind the panel where the jack-compartment is
Here's a shot from the back side, you can see where the cables on mine run through there (red and black)
As for the hole in the floor.. who knows, maybe hit some road debris at some point and it cracked the floor?
BTW, adding the year of your car to your profile is always a good thing, helps when trying to figure things out
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Here's a shot from the back side, you can see where the cables on mine run through there (red and black)
As for the hole in the floor.. who knows, maybe hit some road debris at some point and it cracked the floor?
BTW, adding the year of your car to your profile is always a good thing, helps when trying to figure things out
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The bolt head can be seen in that pic I posted
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bolt hole
Mooser and vettefred- You are right- that is where the metal reinforcement for the parking brake armrest has a weld nut to fasten and secure it to the back panel. I have my 68 convert all apart to work on the wiring for the parking brake switch and other annoying things the PO did to the interior panels. I'm learning more about Corvette interior panels than I ever wanted to know.
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The patch held on with the red sealer looks like a heat shield under the passenger seat, cat converter is directly under it. Factory for 75.
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Yep. Was thinking of the vertical gap there. Was just worried for a moment because I was going to jack up the body to replace old body mounts and wanted to make sure that its secure there because I had my doubts.
Also had no idea about the heat shield being factory. it looked like a slapdash job to me with rivit centers all strewn about the interior and painted straight over and some even poking about an inch out of the top of the rivits.
Guess I'm worried about nothing. So thus I sojurn straight onto the land of carpet.
Also had no idea about the heat shield being factory. it looked like a slapdash job to me with rivit centers all strewn about the interior and painted straight over and some even poking about an inch out of the top of the rivits.
Guess I'm worried about nothing. So thus I sojurn straight onto the land of carpet.
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