Hey guys,

I've got to repair the bottom part of the cowl on both driver and passenger side. The part I'm talking about is where the lower rear part of the fenders bolt to the cowl near the rocker panel. One side is worse than the other... my question is what sort of drainage mechanism was in place there? (yeah, both are disintegrated on the back side near the frame). I ASSume there was some sort of drain flap (maybe similar to what's on the rear part of the rocker near the back wheels) so that rain could escape the cowl area. This area probably commonly got clogged with leaves, squirrel turds, etc and rusted. I'm a little suprised to not see repair panels for this area offered by the big parts suppliers. If anyone has a pic of this lower area from the frame side (i.e. if your body was off the frame), that would really help me a bunch... otherwise I'm just going to guess what needs to be done back there. Oh, one more question - does that lower fender nut need to "float" (i.e. a cage nut), or is it supposed to be fixed in place?

Thanks,
jC.

Here is a pic of where you can see the lower cowl of my 70.

http://home.woh.rr.com/dgadams/images/front.jpg

Either graft a section from a donor car, or fab up your own. No one will see it.

JC It's not realy a nut on 64/65's it's more like a peice of flat stock ( don't hold me to this about 1 1/4 in sqv 5/16 thick ) that's drilled and tapped.. and Yes it FLOATS inside the pocket...

Thanks Wayne. I guess that fastener allows more movement than a normal cage nut? I guess I'll try hillco to see if they carry such an animal.

While I'm here... are all the rear fender mounting holes supposed to float as well? On my '65 only the upper rearmost hole (covered by the door when closed) floats around. The others look like maybe they're supposed to but don't.

Oh, and one more thing... is there some kind of drain or vent on the backside of that lower cowl, facing the frame... or maybe on the bottom? There's gotta be some way for water to get out.

Thanks,
jC.

No your 65 the top and front firwall nuts Do Not Float... ..There fasteners have the LARGE sholder washers atttached..