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What are these holes?

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Nickster ·

I've found some holes in my 62 beetle...

Behind the rear seats, on the bottom of the luggage area, there are two rectangle holes, one on either side, each set in a recess. I don't recall taking any seals or bungs out of these holes when I disassembled the car, but they must have something to close the gap?

Any ideas?

Nickster ·

Here's a pic

waveman1500 ·

I believe this has come up before, and someone said that they were for mounting the body on some kind of cradle in the factory?

bajachris88 ·

Yea Joel enlightened us on that one 🙂 👍

It was for factory conveying of the body

matberry ·

The factory method of sealing it was a small sheet metal disc of about 12mm diameter gooped on with seam-sealer.

Nickster ·

Thanks, that clears that up!

I'll seal them up and move on 🙂