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I have been staring at these marks, and holes, and screws for three years now. I still don't know what they are from. The VIN and nomenclature plates are nicely positioned in the door post like they are supposed to be on this 56 3124, so what might have been mounted here?? Beats me --
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Nice truck. If the po doesn't know, my guess is something someone placed there to commemorate a truck show or award. People do that all the time here in the east. Just a guess though.

Never thought of that Drew - Could be I suppose - the only thing that throws me off is the wear below the screwed on attachment - it looks like something hung there -- windshield washer bottle maybe?? Who knows.
Don't know if they even had them back then. Anyway, thanks for your observations.

Dale

Just plug and forget them. Not worth your time.

I've got a 55 Cameo that I have owned for over 40 years and I know is original. There is nothing like that on my truck.
Bob

Lots of aftermarket stuff was availbale back then-could have been an oil filter, washer bottle, vacuum ashtray reservoir, no tellin.

Could the trim tag have been there in the middle? An unlikely place I know but we see lots of strange things ever now and then.

looks like something may have been bolted on and hanging down,"the paint is rubbed off of the lip of the metal".


Tim

That's what I thought too Tim - looks like something was hanging in that spot. Since I have not seen anything in that position on the many pictures I've looked at, I can't really say. Would be nice to replace it if I had a clue what it was. Absent that I'll just fill it in as I re-do the engine bay. Thanks everybody for the help.
Dale

? how about one of those old plastic sacks which held windshield washer fluid ????

I've seen weird fire extinguishers that mount there incase of engine fire. It's a glass like container filled with a solvent mounted in a bracket.....
Scott

Maybe an "upper engine lubricator" something like this one was mounted in that location.

Here is another style.

Ampco made several styles.

While the marks could be a lot of things, the "upper engine lubricator" may be a possibility Tim. Here is a line that has also been a mystery to me - this line goes around to the to the oil filter on the other side, and I have no idea why. Haven't seen an engine picture that shows one like that , unless I'm just missing it, but if it was connected at one time to an "upper engine oil filter"- (which would have been close to this) that would made sense. Have you seen a setup like this that I'm showing?
Dale

maybe one of these?

OOPS, I guess tim already said that.

Yes, but your link is far more interesting.

I would have striped the area, plugged the holes and repainted it long ago! haha It could be anything and nothing all at the same time.

Wow - I really liked that "Shorty's Garage" link Vern. The difference I see is that the solution there is an "additive" vs actually injecting additional oil into the upper part of the engine as the filters in Tim's earlier post indicate. The reason I lean more toward that as a possibility is because of ]this right side upper engine oil line that seems to serve no real purpose but could be a left over that might have been connected in an earlier life to an "upper engine oil filter" system. That line now goes to the oil filter on the left side of the engine,but could it have been an oil inlet for an "upper" filter before it was removed? Who knows?? Anyway thanks everybody for your inputs. It is fun just learning about these old trucks and -- what might have been.
Dale

I went to Tim's "something like this one" link, a 1935 issue of Popular Mechanics. Scrolling down to page 317, you'll find an article about building your own car alarm. The article shows 7 stove bolts.

Enjoy!

Bill

If your truck was every shown it could of had a engraved plate stating, This Truck was built by the Great Hands Of " Wha??? ", as was put on Autos/Trucks/Rods/Movie cars of someone I worked for in my younger days.

The PO may have worked constuction. At noon he may have driven to the local convenience store and picked up lunch.

This would have been a nice location for a basket to heat up his lunch.

Could be - anyway it sounds good -- when I was in the service we heated our beanie weenies etc. on the manifold. You just never know ----

Dale

Yes.

We found that out of all the canned stews on the market that Diny Moore (sp) in the 1 1/2 pound cans had the least amount of fat. This helps when heating up on the manifold on the way back to the job site. And where to put the rolls (wrapped in aluminum foil) where they won't burn.