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What's this panel / bracing reinforcement piece called?

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:19 pm
by jeromegreenday
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Hey guys hopefully the images work. behind the rear sill and inbetween the control arm mounting point there's a reinforcement brace thing on a curved panel behind the sill, anybody have any idea what they're called and if people make them? Many thanks

Re: What's this panel / bracing reinforcement piece called?

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:50 pm
by PaulC
No, and doubtful.

Re: What's this panel / bracing reinforcement piece called?

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:52 pm
by RRoller123
Jack point?

Would probably have to cut one out of a parts car?

Re: What's this panel / bracing reinforcement piece called?

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 5:01 pm
by PaulC
I think the jack point is the notch in the folded seam to the right of the thingie in question in the first photo.
At least that's where I put the jack. :)

Re: What's this panel / bracing reinforcement piece called?

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 5:29 pm
by tima01864
May be a tooling brace

Re: What's this panel / bracing reinforcement piece called?

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:40 pm
by 18Fiatsandcounting
I'd call it rusty... But seriously, I think that is the bracket where the hold-down chains were attached when the cars were shipped over by boat from Italy. Two in the back and usually two points in front, either under the front bumper brackets on earlier spiders or two brackets somewhere around the front anti-sway bar on later models.

-Bryan

Re: What's this panel / bracing reinforcement piece called?

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 3:04 am
by jeromegreenday
Hi Bryan - Thanks, I believe you're right about chain points for the boat ride over. I wont worry about it too much.
Jerome

Re: What's this panel / bracing reinforcement piece called?

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:39 am
by RRoller123
that makes a lot of sense, or as Tim said, tooling points to carry the car on fixture through the factory during mfg?

Re: What's this panel / bracing reinforcement piece called?

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:39 am
by 18Fiatsandcounting
RRoller123 wrote:that makes a lot of sense, or as Tim said, tooling points to carry the car on fixture through the factory during mfg?
That hadn't occurred to me, but now that I think about it, that sounds totally logical. Good work, Tim.

Maybe it's as simple as these brackets served two functions?

-Bryan