To be, or not to be?

[mooG60 11]

To be, or not to be off a Corrado?

Don't you just hate it when you find something under your car........

 

Edited September 7, 2023 by mooG60
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[1xshaunx1 27]

In all my years (15+) of owning a vr6 I have never come across one of those. 

[1xshaunx1 27]

Have you stuck a magnet on it. It looks like it copper

[mooG60 11]

it's steel with a  copper coating.

[Cressa 44]

🤔, not a clue and I too have had the Corrado in many pieces.....😆

[fendervg 32]

Looks like a neolithic axe head to me - time for a trip to the local museum!

In fairness VW are well known for having a part # on practically everything, even the smallest bits.

A couple of guesses from me would be clips that hold on the heat shields or maybe part of the internals of an exhaust rubber hanger? But I've never come across a piece like that before in many years of Corrado tinkering.

Edited August 22, 2023 by fendervg

[fla 9]

Are the two ends of the 'axe head' turned up at all? If so, its likely to be a locking head which fits in a central swivel (that rectangular slot). Those turned up heads stay away from the locking face but just allow it to rotate onto the raised lock profile and hold.

Hope that makes sense and not total gibberish - I'm quite good at that!

[Wullie 1]

Looks like the internals of a Yale type lock.

[mnmv12 2]

I am sure its an electrical contact from a rotary switch probably the heater fan switch.

[1xshaunx1 27]

Pretty sure it nothing to do with the heater and fan controller 

[Wullie 1]

Insides of a Yale lock, knew I'd seen it before

[mooG60 11]

3 hours ago, Wullie said:

Insides of a Yale lock, knew I'd seen it before

I think Wullie wins the Internet Cookie.  I was checking through boxes of Corrado parts, but later that night I knocked over a tub full of old Yale locks. 

Congrats!

 

8 hours ago, fla said:

Are the two ends of the 'axe head' turned up at all? If so, its likely to be a locking head which fits in a central swivel (that rectangular slot). Those turned up heads stay away from the locking face but just allow it to rotate onto the raised lock profile and hold.

Hope that makes sense and not total gibberish - I'm quite good at that!

You do make sense as that's the type of fitting I was thinking it may be. 

Thank's all.

[fendervg 32]

Ha ha - mystery solved - some great sleuthing there - I would never have guessed this.

[mooG60 11]

Me neither, I was torn between the type of fixing fla mentioned, or I thought it may be part of an light bulb holder, possibly from the fog lamps I unboxed. In all fairness, it did not feel like an automotive part to me, but it's good to be sure.

It's quite a fun game actually, I should make it a permanent fixture.  I've accumulated a tin full unknown fixings from my various Corrado parts purchases, or found lose inside the cars. 

 

 

[mooG60 11]

More bits to identify... good luck.

 

No1

 

No2

 

 

 

No3

[fendervg 32]

Is the white clip from the door handle, where it sits in the door cutout?

[1xshaunx1 27]

Screws look like the ones that hold the rubber guides in place on top of the tailgate for the spoiler

[mooG60 11]

I'll have a look in those areas tomorrow and let you know chaps, thanks.

I have a feeling the 3rd piece might be an insert to a plastic part that has broken apart.