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Old 04-28-2020, 09:38 AM   #1
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What are these holes from?
Anyone have an idea what these holes could be from?? I’m trying to reinstall some of the old accessories to fill the holes in my cab and bring back some of the nostalgia. My first guess was hat holder but most hat holders I’ve seen have three holes in the front and that’s it. I also thought the larger back hole could be from a CB antenna. Any other guesses?
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Old 04-28-2020, 09:41 AM   #2
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Re: What are these holes from?
Maybe a spotlight.?
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Old 04-28-2020, 09:56 AM   #3
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No telling. Maybe someone installed some sort of overhead console...and removed it, thankfully...
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Re: What are these holes from?
Mice... really aggressive mice. With precise measuring tools.
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Old 04-28-2020, 10:37 AM   #5
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Over head gun rack maybe?
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Old 04-28-2020, 10:59 AM   #6
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Maybe a spotlight.?
I’ve never seen an overhead spotlight, got any pics?
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Old 04-28-2020, 11:01 AM   #7
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No telling. Maybe someone installed some sort of overhead console...and removed it, thankfully...
Gosh I hope not lol. That would be awful
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Mice... really aggressive mice. With precise measuring tools.
Lol at least they used precision
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Over head gun rack maybe?
That sounds cool. I also have the classic back window gun rack holes, maybe the guy had a lot of guns!
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Old 04-28-2020, 11:23 AM   #8
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Ha, I just finished welding up a lot of small holes all along the bottom of the rear window. Not sure what they were for, but had to go. Also had two holes above passenger door, centered.
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Old 04-28-2020, 11:42 AM   #9
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I’ve never seen an overhead spotlight, got any pics?
Found this one on the interweb. One of the utility companies where I grew up had them mounted on all their rigs. They were centered at the back of the cab on thier pickups.
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Hat rack?
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Is the center hole through the top shell?
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Old 04-28-2020, 01:46 PM   #12
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Is the center hole through the top shell?
It appears so. Another piece of information, this truck had an over-cab camper most of its life. So maybe it was a tie down or power chord connecting to the camper section over the cab?
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Found this one on the interweb. One of the utility companies where I grew up had them mounted on all their rigs. They were centered at the back of the cab on thier pickups.
Thanks for the pic! I’m sure those never leak
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Mice... really aggressive mice. With precise measuring tools.
Sounds like the Metal Munching Moon Mice from ''Rocky and Bullwinkle''.
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Could it have been a yellow utility light for snowplowing? Or cb antenna?
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maybe that's where an external CB speaker once was although, I'd mount an external speaker next to the CB radio personally.
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