Hi Jerry

Looks like a horn mount to me.

Yes it’s a horn mount and it doesn’t belong on the firewall. My 47 the bracket is riveted to the inner fender in front of the radiator, one on each side. It’s been a long time since I had the 41 apart but I believe that the horns were mounted in a similar way.

@dennis-christianson 

I agree.

As far as I know horns were only mounted on the firewall when added as the dealer installed dual horn accessory on trucks of that time period.

My 41 was a Master Deluxe and the horns were mounted in front of the radiator. I’ve never seen a Chevy of that vintage with a horn mounted on the firewall.

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@tiny The pic you posted doesn't look like what's on my fire wall. It has what looks like rollers on both of the sticking out things...lol.

@ole-olson Yep, it could be. I don't see how you would mount it, but if it is a horn mount, seems like it was made to for the horns to be easily removed???

@dennis-christianson I'm going to look to see if the Coupe has a horn or horns.

Posted by: @jerry-berry

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@tiny The pic you posted doesn't look like what's on my fire wall. It has what looks like rollers on both of the sticking out things...lol.

That's because it doesn't show the firewall but the core support with the grill removed. It shows the stock horn location.

@jerry-berry Jerry, It is definitely a horn mount. Whether or not it is in the right location, I don't know. The "rollers" you refer to, are just spacers between two thin springy plates. This is a typical mount of the period and some had a one piece spacer that reached from hole to hole, instead of the two individual spacers.

Mike 

@jerry-berry 

The 2 "sticking out parts" with the "rollers" are part of the set up whereby the horns were rubber mounted onto the bracket you have.

That way the horn vibration was isolated from the rest of the vehicle.

Can you imagine what it would sound like if the horn vibrations were transferred into the firewall?

My horns are plenty loud inside the cab even with the rubber mounting.  🙂

@ole-olson None of my 30s vehicles use any rubber to mount the horn.

Mike

@35mike 

Where were they mounted?

I don't think the standard horn for '46 trucks was rubber mounted either, but it was on the intake manifold.

Accessory dual horns however were mounted on the firewall/dash.

Believe me, they are plenty loud inside the cab.

In the picture in my earlier post you can see the top of the relay, mounted between the 2 horns.

The rubber parts are little bushing thingies where the horn attaches to the bracket.

PS

The uninsulated firewall is a great sounding board.

Normally it just transmits the music of the 216.

But those are loud horns!  🙂

@35mike 

Okay

Now you've got me wondering if I'm remembering this wrong!

I'll have to clean the snow off the hood tomorrow and have a look.  🤨