68 Coronet trunk pan holes

[Robking]

Hey folks, just replaced trunk pans in my 68, and getting ready to paint soon. My two piece trunk floor doesn't have
any of the holes pre-drilled. Are there any of these that really need to be there? I don't plan on drilling out any
that aren't necessary.

The car had no gas tank when I bought it so I didn't have to drop the tank or anything. I was wondering if some
of the holes are there for accessing the fuel gauge sending unit. Mine is at the bottom, the part I had to replace
is gray primer, so I still have the factory holes for the fuel vent tubing that comes up into the trunk.

Mine.

Thanks as always, couldn't have gotten this far without FBBO.

Robbie

 

[68-500]

My guess is most of holes in the factory piece were for access to spot welder or something of the sort. I wouldn’t pop them in there unless I needed them.

 

[Cranky]

No access hole for the fuel sender unit but should be one for the sender wire to go through and it's no big deal to add it.

 

[R/T Boy 67]

Most of the holes were for paint drainage, and access, during the primer dip.

 

[dadsbee]

Fuel sender wire, fuel vent pipe up into trunk and back out and into the passenger frame rail.

 

[Robking]

Fuel sender wire, fuel vent pipe up into trunk and back out and into the passenger frame rail.

Thanks everyone, I kept my nasty old chunks of floor pan just for this reason. Is the hole circled in red for the
fuel sending wire? I cut out the old pan just forward of this hole, so all the vent holes are intact in the original
portion of the trunk floor.

 

[dadsbee]

Yep..

 

[Robking]

Yep..
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Much appreciated Dadsbee!