Strange cut out on side of Sea Wolf

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I have a weird cutout on side of my Sea Wolf that I don't see others having. It looks like a factory mod, my best guess is it looks like hole for a fan. Anyone else own one with this cutout?
 

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That's really bizarre. (Maybe we need a 'mystery holes in Sea Wolf' thread now, lol.)

It does look factory, because of the paint. But maybe someone just color matched it. I'd be curious to see what the inside looks like.

It's also iodd because I can't tell if you can access the coin door or box that way. Maybe someone locked themselves out, and drilled a hole to be able to get in, then color matched the paint, maybe?

Or, I wonder if there was a knot, or some other damage to the wood, so they cut it out at the factory, then painted it. But I can say I've never seen another one like that.
 
Evidently they had this block of wood with same cutout bolted on inside but still a mystery. I normally don't pay attention to game serial numbers but here is this one's.
 

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Quite the mystery.
At first I thought perhaps an extra speaker opening (subwoofer or similar).
Then I thought fan cooling.
Now I believe based on the large round hole and trio of screw holes - blower fan.
Maybe something like this ->

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Why the strange shape? Probably only had a few hole saws and used the largest to make four cuts.
Extra wood piece for mounting + stability?
 
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not factory, appears paint was touched up after it was cut, bolt holes are not painted on inside or outside looks like a vent / fan cut out - for some unknown reason, but there is evidence of metal mesh / screen in paint on inside - see in picture
 
not factory, appears paint was touched up after it was cut, bolt holes are not painted on inside or outside looks like a vent / fan cut out - for some unknown reason, but there is evidence of metal mesh / screen in paint on inside - see in picture
Yeah not thinking it's factory but they did a very good job making it look that way from outside at least. Had to have been for a vent fan, were probably worried about heat on the components.
 
anything else mounted on inside? thinking maybe outlet for siren for anti tamper device or break in?
 
Yeah, you can see the dust pattern from a mesh screen, that was over the inside.

Must have been a vent hole. Lousy place to put one though, as the heat is going to be at the top of the cab.

Patch that bad boy up,
 
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