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The 1972 buick skylark custom convertible has a small round hole, the sieze of a quarter on the drivers side front fender just above the marker light to the left, this hole looks like it was from factory, I was woundering if this hole was for some kind of lock out system like the old corvets use to have on there fender, where they needed a key to actavate the system. Thank you for your help John.

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I do not think that this is a factory hole. It sound like the hole that we used to drill in cars when we installed a burglar alarm system that needed a key to activate and disarm it. That was a favovorite place on GM cars as it was easy to wire there.
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All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.

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Automotive tech instructor. Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's. Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated. Auto instructor for the following companies: Fram Autolyte Holly Carter AMF Ford Motor University Of Conn Blue Hills Technical School Sugar River Technical Center Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.

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Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.

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More than I care to remember. Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.

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Moto Award winner. And much more.

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