I am currently restoring a 1946 ton and a half truck that my Dad purchased new in the spring of 1947 and this truck has always been in our family...so there have been NO other owners, operators, etc. This is an important thing to keep in mind about this question...
As long as I can remember there has been a hole in the door on the drivers side. It is close to the very top of the door, just above the top of the glass and pretty much centered both front and rear and in the middle of the door skin at that point. It is a hole about 1 1/4 in diameter, cut cleanly with nothing else around it to give any clues as to what it's for or why or who might have cut it. It's open to the exterior and a finger inserted into it just goes into the hollow door frame It's always been a mystery to us, but not one we spent much time worrying about. I am 100% certain that it came from the dealer/factory that way..done either with a hole saw or a chassis punch. Could there have been a hole in the sheet metal before it was cut for the door skin and then, that flaw gotten past the inspection?? As I said, a mystery..!
Now, that I'm getting ready to repaint it, that hole will be fixed, but I'd sure like some of your guesses or actual info about what the reason might have been for it. I'm sure it came from the dealer that way, we did NO modifications at all to the truck with the exception of adding a hydraulic dump to the grain bed and this hole precedes that by many years.
There is NO prize for correct guesses, but any info would be appreciated.
Last edited by kskarma; 06/14/2014 6:59 PM. Reason: Additional thought...!
