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rear body emblem holes?

#1 Post by tom collingwood »

I have a 1959 coupe that i am restoring.
The rear body required a section.

i have a rear section from a 1959 cabrio.

Would they be the same?

There are more holes in the cabio piece for emblems. Any idea what emblem they were for?
my coupe has 7 holes and the cabrio has 9 holes for emblems.

the holes below the emblems for the license plate light are the other mystery.
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#2 Post by Mike Wilson »

Unless I'm not seeing something, the shine up light would have the three small holes for the bulb bracket studs and the larger hole above them for the electrical wire to the bulbs.

The holes above for the PORSCHE script and 1600 or 1600 Super.

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#3 Post by tom collingwood »

the license plate location on the brown rear clip has the two mounting holes closer together. Any significance?

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The mounting holes for the license pate bracket are spaced where I have seen most. About three inches center to center.

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#5 Post by tom collingwood »

would cabrio and coupe be different?

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#6 Post by Mike Wilson »

As far as the license plate bracket, no, and I don't believe the location of the other scripts differed either.

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#7 Post by Norm Miller »

Every Tom, Dick, and Harry installed license brackets over the years.
Generally, a dealer installed item.
Fill them and suit yourself as to location.
Many 356's don't use a bracket.
 

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#8 Post by Mike DeJonge »

coupe rear clips are not the same as cabrio.
different profile on the rear fenders
different rear deck lid opening.
if you want to slice and dice and weld you could make it fit, but you will end up using more bondo than expected.
T5 rear clip is not the same as a T6 either
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#9 Post by tom collingwood »

Mike DeJonge wrote:coupe rear clips are not the same as cabrio.
different profile on the rear fenders
different rear deck lid opening.
if you want to slice and dice and weld you could make it fit, but you will end up using more bondo than expected.
T5 rear clip is not the same as a T6 either
thanks for the information, i suspected as such.
Therefore I will only use the part of the donor panel to fill in the area missing. No more, no less.

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#10 Post by tom collingwood »

how does one go about the correct curvature on the rear end? So many projects have them pushed in etc.

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Sent you an email.

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#12 Post by tom collingwood »

here is my progress.
The original part I sourced came in handy.
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#13 Post by tom collingwood »

for the section that i used, would the holes below the taillights be the same location between 59 coupe and 59 cabrio?

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