Help! Does anybody know what this is?

[forfamily]

I went to move our 68 Coupe in the garage and found this laying on the floor, would have been from drivers side, I think up in the area of the engine compartment. Does anybody know what this is? I have no clue

It looks like a shim of some sort, the edges are clean, so it doesn't look like it broke off from anything. Last time we drove it there were no problems.

If it stops raining we will take it out for a test drive.

Thanks.

 

[mfp4073]

I have had my 67 torn apart many times and dont know that I have ever seen anything that looks like that.

 

[krash kendall]

I think it looks sort of like some of that shim material you sometimes see between leaf springs.

 

[chillininnh]

If it's like a foam material, it probably came from the cowl. When I removed the cowl panel in my 69 there was a similar piece pressed on to the inner cowl to support the outer. Typically there is one on each side, I found the missing one down in the driver side of the cowl at the bottom, clogging up my cowl drain. Yours may have fallen out on its own somehow.

 

[forfamily]

If it's like a foam material, it probably came from the cowl. When I removed the cowl panel in my 69 there was a similar piece pressed on to the inner cowl to support the outer. Typically there is one on each side, I found the missing one down in the driver side of the cowl at the bottom, clogging up my cowl drain. Yours may have fallen out on its own somehow.

 

[forfamily]

If it's like a foam material, it probably came from the cowl. When I removed the cowl panel in my 69 there was a similar piece pressed on to the inner cowl to support the outer. Typically there is one on each side, I found the missing one down in the driver side of the cowl at the bottom, clogging up my cowl drain. Yours may have fallen out on its own somehow.

It is steel. About 1/8 inch thick.
Finding parts on the floor is one thing, but then when you can't identify them is even worse!

 

[chillininnh]

I agree, that sucks.

 

[Jester67]

I have been alover my car and have not seen anything like that. Sorry

 

[D.Hearne]

1/8" thick, U shaped, would be an alignment shim.

 

[LUCAFU1]

dude its extra weight. throw it in the scrap metal pile =)

 

[forfamily]

OK - I'll stop worrying about it!