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Was some kind of bumper in the hole of the hinge pillar reinforcement ....there's nothing there now , maybe 60 years ago . just a need to know ... thanks

55 1st or 2nd series?? yes, there are rubber bumpers in the door openings

Bill

1st series .... not the door openings....the hinge pillar reinforcements....if you open the door and look in the hinge opening you'll see a hole in the very back of the hinge pillar reinforcement....

you mean the hinge pocket, not called a 'reinforcement' - likely there should be a bolt there, into the back of the hinge, there is on the 55.2

Bill

In Advance-Design trucks there was a bolt through the hinge assemble into the rear of that "pocket" (as Bill suggested).

Shine a bright light on the subject to see screw threads. On 55.2 a bolt comes in from firewall side to pull the hinge bracket up tight to firewall/body.

I do not think that bright light from the firewall side side (either side - in the cab or in the engine compartment sides of the firewall) will help to see the subject on a 55-1st truck?

The cab and sheet metal instruction manual sect 1 sheet 35.00 refers to it as hinge pillar reinforcement ,I'm guessing IT is in the hinge pocket....there is no threads in the hole , no sign of a nut being welded anywhere, ,no bolt hole through the firewall . the bolt or nut could never be serviced .

Tim doesn't know what the hole is? judging from this patch panel, I'd expect there to be a weld nut on the back of that hole if there's a corresponding hole in the back of the hinge, but if not, then it's part of the "ventilation"

Bill

My 1954 Suburban has captive nuts inside the back of each hinge pocket.

My 1954 3104 has holes but no captive nuts (and no sign that captive nuts are missing).

My 1954/55 GMC COE has a captive nut in the bottom hinge pocket (it has no pocket for the upper hinge).

Go figure?

I'd figure the variation is because burb and panel bodies are subject to 'wracking' that the pickup cab isn't .... so the holes were in the common piece, used or not for different models

Bill

Two holes, one round, one square

My guess is to clear the hold open spring

I've always thought that the hole in the back of the hinge
pocket was for assembly purposes. Probably used to locate
the pocket in the welding jig. I see no other need for it
in the "Advance Design" of things.
That's typically what unexplained or otherwise useless
holes or notches were used for.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

The reason I was curious to start with I had a broken hinge , after removing it I noticed a bolt in that hole we are talking about.... Now after more investigation and removing a bucket of bondo from the cowl I'm sure the door was open and was backed into something very hard . I think the reason for the bolt & nut was a bad attempt to adjust the door to close which didn't work , he had cut a hole in the kick panel to put the nut on ....now I almost have the cowl installed....