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I've been meaning to ask; what is this thing in the trunk?

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Post by zucchi Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:22 pm

Ever since I bought this car in 1984, I wondered what this thing was for:

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Is it some sort of hatch to access the top of the gas tank?
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Post by 76Chevelle2Tone Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:46 pm

Unfortunately my trunk mat is glued down over the pan. Is your rectangle in the center panel or the right side panel? Is the Monte Carlo trunk pan the same as is used in Malibus? I think I remember a small rectangle protrusion like that somewhere on the pan but don't remember the scoring on it as shown on your pic. I assumed it was there simply for clearance. There doesn't seem to be any lift point on the protrusion in your pic.
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Post by ant7377 Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:39 pm

It's a plug. It pops out. You can wash out the trunk and it drains from there and the little round plugs down at the bottom of the trunk wells.
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Post by 76Chevelle2Tone Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:53 pm

How interesting. i knew about the trunk well drains but not this. Do you have to bang it out from below or is it pried out? What's curious is that using a trunk mat which I have always done covers the center pans; so a rather contradictory situation.
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Post by Dinomyte Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:26 am

Just an FYI, there are also two more one in the rear passenger's, and rear driver's foot well, in my '77, which I believe to be the original floor pan.
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Post by bucket Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:38 am

I believe their original purpose is to drain the primer/sealer when the car body got it's dunk in the tank at the factory. The body plugs were installed later.

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Post by ant7377 Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:41 pm

Ever see the movie " Goodfellas" scene where Ray Liotta is washing out the trunk of his Grand Prix? That's a use for them.
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