What's this hole for?

[Shaky_Jake]

On the door, just below the wing window? I don't have a picture of my new door with the hole, so I'm shamelessly borrowing FuelCellGuy's door to point it out... I circled it on the picture - I need to decide whether I want to fill this when the truck gets repainted or not.

[CPNE]

A screw goes there to reenforce the door where the wing vent passes through the inner and outer skins. It's a 72-only deal and is on the repro'd doors as well. The screw pinches the skins together.

It took GM engineers 5 years to figure out that this area was prone to cracking due to the forces exerted when the wing vent was opened and closed. This was their solution.

[Shaky_Jake]

so, having said that... Is there a screw available that goes in there to reinforce the door, and I'm guessing there should be a corresponding threaded socket on the outer skin somewhere? I'll pop a countersunk SS allen head in that sucker.

- not trying to be lazy, it's just that the truck isn't here so I can take a look at it, and you seem to be familiar with it.

[CPNE]

Their is a special ferral (sp) that surrounds the head of the screw. The screw passes thru a clip to hold it in place. I can't think of this clip's name but it's the same design as the clips that hold the headlight bezels to the fromt fenders/grille.

You should be able to locate these pieces from any junk 72 door.