1936 cabriolet front floor section
 

I’m restoring a 1936 Cabriolet and started to put the flooring in place.
I kept parts of the original floor and notice something interesting.
The original passenger side section that was in the car had remnants of
what looks like an additional piece of metal on top of the flooring that resembles
a battery cover in the same area a battery cover would go but on the passenger side. I know that the battery cover belongs on the drivers side section
And was wondering if this is part of the original flooring or maybe an add on from
the previous owner. Is anybody else familiar with this?

Re: 1936 cabriolet front floor section
 

RHD cars had the battery on the right hand side and a hump/ dummy on the left. This may answer your question.

Re: 1936 cabriolet front floor section
 

My car is LHD I just wondering if that was something that was added to my car from the owner or dealers during that time. Has anybody ever seen this on another LHD car.

Re: 1936 cabriolet front floor section
 

A lot of stampings are made with progressive dies. The first die would be universal and form all the humps and valleys for both LH and RH and the second die would punch out the holes/openings. As a side, if you look carefully you will see that the right side of the lower firewall is stamped for a RH steering column.

Re: 1936 cabriolet front floor section
 

Thanks Don, I understand your response about the stamping process but
I’m still trying to find out why this remnant of this metal cover was on top of the right side flooring. 4 Mains V8 mentions a hump dummy on the left
hand side of a RHD car. Could it be possible that the humpy dummy was used on LHD cars?

Re: 1936 cabriolet front floor section
 

Photos would help!