chrysler1941 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 Don't know if bracket is correct word for these 4 arches bolted to frame. What function did they have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 Very likely not factory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eneto-55 Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 (edited) Not stock. Unknown purpose. Edit: maybe tie-down points? Edited May 25, 2019 by Eneto-55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyHarold Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 39 minutes ago, Eneto-55 said: Not stock. Unknown purpose. Edit: maybe tie-down points? Agreed they are tie-down points. Especially true if the car was transported by ship to Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgeb4ya Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 Yep.. Tie downs... I had a chrysler with them on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysler1941 Posted May 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2019 Tie downs for shipping, Sounds about right. They sure are solid enough for that. So they must be from factory. All brackets are exact same size, threaded and fitted with square fasteners. Thanks guys, mystery solved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eneto-55 Posted May 26, 2019 Report Share Posted May 26, 2019 My car frame does have these holes. It's possible that most dealerships (or the shipping companies?) usually removed these brackets at the end of the shipping route. My car is an Oklahoma car, and I know from stories my dad told that someone in the western Oklahoma community where he grew up had some sort of connection with someone in the factory in Detroit, and he would take the train up there & buy two new cars at a time. (It was right after the war, and there was a shortage of new cars, so there was a waiting list at the dealerships.) Then he would tow one of them with the other, then sell them when he got home. People were desperate enough for new cars that they didn't care about the miles already on the odometer. So what I'm saying is that even some cars sold a good distance from the manufacturing points were not necessarily ever transported by train. (Actually, in the early to mid 60's my dad worked for a dealership that would send a bunch of guys up to Kansas City or someplace, and they'd drive a bunch of used cars back down to Tulsa. Used cars, but also not shipped by train or truck.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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