<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looks great. The rivets are from a repair, as is the red overspray on the firewall. The mouse nest is quite common, you just might find the broadcast sheet in there! </div></div>
Hey Marlin,
I know it may appear to be a repair but I can assure you it is not, yes the car was repainted at some point in its life, however the fenders were not removed and this is original paint. In person its very easy for us to see that this is original paint and that their is no damage in this area at all. We at first thought the same as you as its was fairly common that rivets or welded on nipples were used to pull out dents, however this is not the case as there is no damage in the area, no bondo, no distortion from pulling and no evidence of pulling or abrasion on the rivets. I will send you some detailed pictures at high res so you can blow them up. Its really not a big deal, but I think its very cool that we can document that some weird stuff did occur on the line at times, either way, the car is awesome and looking forward to sharing as we go [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]. Fun stuff [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]
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