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TR2/3/3A Question on my TR3 A inner fender

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Hello all! New to the forum and apologize for my borderline computer skills in advance!
I am working on a full restoration of (what I believe is) a 1959 TR3 A. I am doing a lot of the body/rust repair, and some hammer/dolly work. I have run into a small spotwelded tab (with a portion broken off it appears) on the outer portion of the inner fenders and would appreciate if anyone can explain what these may have been for originally? The left (where I have started some dent pulling) shows pretty clearly, the right side you may need to enlarge or zoom in... They almost appear like one of the small welded tabs for wiring loom, but I can't see any purpose of where they are at being inside the fender well area.


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Those are studs left over from repairing a dent. You weld them on and use a slide hammer to pull out the dent. If you grind them flush afterwards, it leaves a (mostly) flat panel with no holes.
 
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My car as some of those in that location. Somebody yes ago asked about them and it remains a mystery. The kinda concusses was something to do with early assembly.

Most everything else has an answer on theses cars; they are well documented and you can purchase the build sheet if you have the vin which is the TS number on the firer wall
 
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IdahoNuke said:
Those are studs left over from repairing a dent. You weld them on and use a slide hammer to pull out the dent. If you grind them flush afterwards, it leaves a (mostly) flat panel with no holes.
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Thanks for the reply but those are my stud welder tabs! Sorry I wasn't clear on the explanation...I am in the middle of working that area trying to get the dent out...those are the studs I put in...just was taking a progress photo and that's all I had to upload that showed the tab. The tab I am trying to figure out is shown in both pictures...it is spot welded and about 1/2" wide by 3/4 long, flat against the fender though appears it may have extended out similar to a wiring loom bend over tab but is broken off.
 
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sp53 said:
My car as some of those in that location. Somebody yes ago asked about them and it remains a mystery. The kinda concusses was something to do with early assembly.

Most everything else has an answer on theses cars; they are well documented and you can purchase the build sheet if you have the vin which is the TS number on the firer wall
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Thank you also for the reply...I do have the build sheet already!
 
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