62 spare tire tub bubba or not

[Jerry W.]

Are the small holes in the bottom of the spare tire tub shown below drain holes added by Bubba or are they factory holes....Thanks

[Mike E.]

Re: 62 spare tire tub bubba or not

Can't take a look at mine to determine if all of them are factory original, but know that some definitely are. Interesting to me that GM, to my knowledge, didn't put drain holes in the metal cars of the era, but did in the fiberglass car. They expected them to leak, apparently. And they weren't disappointed!

[Jerry W.]

Re: 62 spare tire tub bubba or not

Thanks Mike....It would have been a mistake to have our body man close the holes with glass...I was convinced that Bubba did it...Sorry about that Bubba

[John F.]

Re: 62 spare tire tub bubba or not

Jerry, I had #0029 judged at the Lone Star Regional and it is an unmolested car. There was one hole in the tub with a plastic plug of some sort and one on each side behind each wheel where the body mounts are. The top would be thru the access covers in the trunk. See pic from under the car.

[John T.]

Re: 62 spare tire tub bubba or not

There is only one original hole in the trunk floor. The rest that you have are indeed Bubba.

Hope this helps.

John

[Richard T.]

Re: 62 spare tire tub bubba or not

I believe the holes were added to help drain tire well when trunk leaked. Rich

[Patrick S.]

Re: 62 spare tire tub bubba or not

My trunk has one hole. Ironically it is the one that appears "out of place" in you picture about 3/4 way down the right groove. Mine does not have the holes at the end (low point) of the other grooves.

[Jerry W.]

Re: 62 spare tire tub bubba or not

It's such a small thing, but that's what makes this forum so great.....Seems like the concensus is the General added one of my drain holes as depicted by the picture that Dave Heitzman (our 61-62 Team Leader) supplied of a Bowtie car at this years National

Bubba added the other holes in copycat fashion...Bubba strikes again.

Thank You Everyone...Jerry

[Mike E.]

Re: 62 spare tire tub bubba or not

I think I know whose bowtie car that is!!

[John T.]

Re: 62 spare tire tub bubba or not

Not only does this show the (one) correct hole, It also shows the plastic plug that is missing on 90+% on the cars today.

John