ID this thing please

[1967mercury]

can someone identify what the heck this is??
it has had Me, my Father and my Grandfather stumped for a little over a year now, and were all avid ford nuts.

[hotrod ford]

That is a backing for a dashpad. It looks like it was not undone when the pad was removed and ripped off of the pad.

[fordman]

[randyvines]

did you find any wasp nests when removing the rest of these attachments? I found some huge clusters of nests under the dash when I reached under to take the nuts off

[1967mercury]

nope it was the only one,and the truck was registered 2 years ago

[Joshpow]

Yeah thats the one clip thats come loose on my otherwise perfect dashpad!

[hedz]

did you find any wasp nests when removing the rest of these attachments? I found some huge clusters of nests under the dash when I reached under to take the nuts off

i got tons of spiders and dead wasp nests