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Rhino1966
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 Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 5:24 pm Post subject: What is this? |
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What goes in this spot? |
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old_man
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Location: Newfoundland
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 5:28 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? |
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| I believe a brake fluid reservoir goes there. |
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Multi69s
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Location: Lefty, CA
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sjbartnik
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? |
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Weird. Looks like this body was retrofitted with a later fluid reservoir.
Yes the bracket in OP’s photo is for the brake fluid reservoir on the early cars.
That’s where it is on my ‘65 and I think there is a dual circuit version of that reservoir as well so it was there until at least 1967.
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Rhino1966
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? |
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| Ok, the front clip was replaced with an older one so the gas fill is under the hood. So this is where the older Brake Fluid would be located? |
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Erik G
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 10:32 am Post subject: Re: What is this? |
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| looks like a cut and paste job - but with welding |
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sjbartnik
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Location: Brooklyn
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 11:51 am Post subject: Re: What is this? |
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| Ok, the front clip was replaced with an older one so the gas fill is under the hood. So this is where the older Brake Fluid would be located? |
Yup
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Bobnotch
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Location: Kimball, Mi
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 4:46 pm Post subject: Re: What is this? |
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| sjbartnik wrote: |
Weird. Looks like this body was retrofitted with a later fluid reservoir.
Yes the bracket in OP’s photo is for the brake fluid reservoir on the early cars.
That’s where it is on my ‘65 and I think there is a dual circuit version of that reservoir as well so it was there until at least 1967. |
Yup, that's how my 65 Notch was when I got it. But now I've since relocated it like that photo is. In my case, I moved it there, and blue hosed it so I could limit the number of possible leaks to 4 (the connections at the hose ends). I wasn't worried about "originality", as I also welded in engine hanger mounts for my IRS conversion.
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