what are these stampings for?

[rogerkb1936]

two pics of 1931 coupe right door. i cannot figger what these stampings in inner door panel are for. anybuddy know?

[SteveB31]

Only the doors on the 1930-1931 coupes have that in them and I have never understood why only that model of door received those extra holes and moldings.

[Kurt in NJ]

It's for the power window option

the rib is for strength, perhaps the hole was for a different latch handle system that never went into production, but the stamping die already was made to have it, I have been inside a lot of different doors on many makes of cars and a lot of them have unused features

[Terry,NJ]

Exactly! The dies were made at the Tudor length, the parts were run, hence they were used. They must have run the Tudor length first and made a different die for the fordor length afterwards.
Terry

Originally Posted by Kurt in NJ

It's for the power window option

the rib is for strength, perhaps the hole was for a different latch handle system that never went into production, but the stamping die already was made to have it, I have been inside a lot of different doors on many makes of cars and a lot of them have unused features

[redmodelt]

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I was just looking at a 31 coupe that we replaced the window lifter(s) in yesterday wondering the same thing.