by EdddieMello Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:17 pmThis sheetmetal part was included in the box of parts that came with my van. Anyone know what it’s use is? How it is installed?
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gfleduc
jrdunn96
savage
EdddieMello
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What is this for?
EdddieMello- Number of posts : 57
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EdddieMello- Number of posts : 57
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No one? Probably the previous owner just wanted it off his workbench.
savage- Number of posts : 2626
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Of the many Early Chevy vans I owed ,worked on ,or cut up for parts. I never seen a part like that.
He probably didn't know ,so he gave it to you???
He probably didn't know ,so he gave it to you???
jrdunn96- Number of posts : 690
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I'm sure it's a very complex and precise part for a particular and intensely important function. To me, it looks "home made" but well made.
gfleduc- Number of posts : 367
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Okay same issue - found in box-o-parts that the van came in...
vanny- Moderator
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They look like parts off of a UFO that crashed in Roswell, NM in 1947...
You might have stumbled onto evidence for Project Bluebook!!!
You might have stumbled onto evidence for Project Bluebook!!!
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EdddieMello- Number of posts : 57
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Gflecduc. Wanna trade?
gfleduc- Number of posts : 367
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We might as well I did not find a use for my part!
EdddieMello- Number of posts : 57
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How big is your mystery part gfleduc?
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those parts are for free
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jrdunn96- Number of posts : 690
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Freedom in the "esoteric sense" as well as the "financial sense"!
gfleduc- Number of posts : 367
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EdddieMello wrote:How big is your mystery part gfleduc?
Well the photo is distorted 3-1/2" x 3-3/4"
AzDon- Number of posts : 741
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Heat Deflector and heat riser gasket ?
m1dadio- Chevy Guru
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That looks like the a floor reinforcement plate that used to come with the aftermarket Hurst standard trans floor shiftier in the 70s.
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