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Identify the Mystery Object.
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 2:05 pm
by Boomlander
Hi All,
Can anybody say what this object was originally used for - it can't possibly have been designed for what it was being used for in my car!
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Re: Identify the Mystery Object.
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 2:36 pm
by barrie102
Looks like an ancient rain gutter support.
Re: Identify the Mystery Object.
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 4:29 pm
by Boomlander
The top portion has been sawn and was originally a complete circle.
Re: Identify the Mystery Object.
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 4:40 pm
by moggiethouable
Half a black malleable iron pipe bracket?
Re: Identify the Mystery Object.
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 5:04 pm
by barrie102
moggiethouable wrote:Half a black malleable iron pipe bracket?
With the additional info I concur 'a pipe bracket'
Re: Identify the Mystery Object.
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 6:26 pm
by moggiethouable
What was it used for in your car?
Not a coat hanger
Re: Identify the Mystery Object.
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 7:24 pm
by Boomlander
moggiethouable wrote:What was it used for in your car?
Not a coat hanger
A coat hanger would be quite nice but it is actually bolted to the metal parcel shelf behind the passenger glove box and holds the wiper motor!
Now from the drawings I have seen it would appear that the motor is mounted to a fixed rectangular bracket on the car body with a triangular plate between the motor and the body bracket and held at three points by small bolts. It also appears to be located on the driver's side.
It seems that at some point in the past some Frankenstein engineering has taken place in the depths of my car and this giant rocker shaft bracket type thingy has been butchered and forced into service as a motor bracket.
Perhaps I should rename the car Igor, he seems to have a few weird and wonderful bits stitched on!
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