Dibbons
Well-Known Member
When opening/closing the trunk lid of my '72 SSP project car it makes a reverberating sound, I guess some of the panel adhesive let loose.
However, this morning it sounded like I had rocks inside the trunk lid. I felt inside and pulled out a hard chunk of mud about the size of a golf ball. It had 4-6 holes drilled into it. I guess it must have been an insect nest of some kind. (Last month the trunk lid was off and sitting on a tire on the garage floor for quite a spell). I don't have a foto because I was temporarily insane and threw it across the yard, UTL after that.
Not so funny--Planes have crashed when instrument tubes were left exposed and these mud nests blocked them. For example:
"On September 12, 1980, Florida Commuter Airlines flight 65 crashed en route to Freeport, Bahamas killing all 34 passengers and crew. The cause was determined to be due in part to a malfunctioning air speed indicator caused by mud dauber nests that were improperly cleared from the aircraft's pitot tubes"
However, this morning it sounded like I had rocks inside the trunk lid. I felt inside and pulled out a hard chunk of mud about the size of a golf ball. It had 4-6 holes drilled into it. I guess it must have been an insect nest of some kind. (Last month the trunk lid was off and sitting on a tire on the garage floor for quite a spell). I don't have a foto because I was temporarily insane and threw it across the yard, UTL after that.
Not so funny--Planes have crashed when instrument tubes were left exposed and these mud nests blocked them. For example:
"On September 12, 1980, Florida Commuter Airlines flight 65 crashed en route to Freeport, Bahamas killing all 34 passengers and crew. The cause was determined to be due in part to a malfunctioning air speed indicator caused by mud dauber nests that were improperly cleared from the aircraft's pitot tubes"
