Originally Posted by tclederman
Originally Posted by GMONIZ
. . . One other difference in the suburban is the hand hole on the rear side panel almost adjacent to the front doors is not present on Patricks suburban, I believe a hole was added in 1950, but I am still searching that one. . . .

George,

The addition of the "hand hole" in 1950 is coincidental to the addition of a 3106 model in 1950 (3106 Suburban with rear doors - the 3116 was Suburban with end gate).

I would have thought the holes might have been useful for dealing with the end-gate cables; but, why did they not show up until 1950?
Tim,
The hand holes offer nothing that I can see, maybe an access point for body repair??? They are too far way for the cables and the access holes that are present on all of the suburbans that allow access to the cables already