Floorpans

[GreenGrizz77]

Does anyone know why there’s little triangular cutouts in both the driver and passenger side of the floorboards? They look factory and I’m fixing minor rust spots so curiosity stuck me.

[18Fiatsandcounting]

They are drain openings so that any water that gets in the footwells can drain out. A very bad design, as water from the road can also enter from the bottom, soaking that jute-fiber mat and thereby keeping the floorpans wet for a long time. A big part of the reason the Fiat floorpans rusted so much.

-Bryan

[Slotman]

Yes they look like a can opener did them, I just redid my floors with por15 and I plugged a couple, and left a couple to let it breathe a small bit, I wondered the same thing when I first saw them but because they were uniform I figured they were meant to be there.

[GreenGrizz77]

I figured since there were circular holes with plugs for drain holes that the triangular ones were different but I’ll take your word for it. Originally I kinda thought they were for hanging the body during painting