HELP PLEASE...What is this part ?

[23yrRebuild]

I know this part came off my '67 1600,....but I can't figure out what it is, or where on the car it came from. I'm thinking maybe in, or around the turn signal housing....I don't know ....any ideas from you guys ?
Thank you VERY much in advance...Mike

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[todd lorber]

It's a pencil. They used to be very common before cell phones and digital media. I still have one in the glove box of my '69.

[Nissanman]

.....and also what is referred to as a RULER.
It has markings on it which are from ancient times and they are called IMPERIAL.




It may be a clamp for the steering column

[Curtis]

Having completely disassembled my 66 and 67 I have not seen any part like that. It looks like it has been cut off. Could it possibly have been used as a substitute for the stock exhaust clamps at the front and back of the X? Something to hold the pipe up?

[redroadster]

It looks like a common hold down / keeper for ? a wiring harness not necessarily automotive

[greydog]

Maybe a clip to help secure the lower radiator hose???
Dan

[Gregs672000]

I agree that one is a pencil, the other indeed a ruler (nice work men! )... the other... it looks familiar, and I'm thinking it is used to hold down the cowl drain tube in the engine compartment/trans tunnel. Looks pretty clean though, so maybe under the dash?

[23yrRebuild]

Thanks to everyone's ideas to help identify these parts. I showed the pics to my wife, and she definitely recognized the ruler from her desk drawer, and suspected the pencil that I used to show the scale, came from there too. BUSTED... LOL !

It's a part that came from a divided bin, that I only use for Roadster parts as I remove them from the car so I don't lose them. It was in a bin compartment with my old rubber steering shaft bushings that I replaced last summer. It doesn't show up very well in the pics, but it has the same "yellow zinc" plating on it like many other components behind the dash. I strongly suspect it's from somewhere near that area. I did have to remove the steering wheel and turn signal switch and cover to replace the upper shaft bushing, so I'm going to remove the turn signal switch & cover, again, and see if it might be from there. It does look like it could function as any of the suggestions that have been given, but I can assure you, it is not for a radiator, cowl hose or exhaust pipe clamp. When I figure this out I will be sure to share what I find. Many thanks, anyway !
Mike

[datsun1500]

It looks like the bottom of the bracket for the turn signal switch, but broken.

[23yrRebuild]

Well,....mystery solved...in the middle of the night, when I woke up for a "bio-break"...it suddenly occurred to me, that the mystery part might be this:

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A hold down clamp for the capacitor in my old pool filter pump....I had saved the capacitor and the clamp when I disposed of the old motor, and for some reason, the clamp ended up in my precious Roadster parts stash bin...
I humbly apologize for the wasteful depletion of our Forum's collective imagination....
Mike

[spyder]

Well,....mystery solved...in the middle of the night, when I woke up for a "bio-break"...it suddenly occurred to me, that the mystery part might be this:
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A hold down clamp for the capacitor in my old pool filter pump....I had saved the capacitor and the clamp when I disposed of the old motor, and for some reason, the clamp ended up in my precious Roadster parts stash bin...
I humbly apologize for the wasteful depletion of our Forum's collective imagination....
Mike

That was my second guess!

[Bwk2000]

HELP PLEASE...What is this part ?

On the plus side Mike, you now have the distinction of asking the only unsolvable question to our collective panel of experts here on 311s.

[datsun1500]

I’m not convinced that’s it. I’ll keep looking

[Datsunparts.comInc]

I’m not convinced that’s it. I’ll keep looking

This looks like fun. So what is this part from the roadsters? This should be fairly easy.

D-

[Nissanman]

Clutch pilot bearing/bush