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It is a double edged sword. We look to them for answers to our questions. They are necessary. But because one says with Authority something is a fake when it may not, there is a dog pile against it. And it depends on the expert. One expert here in the east has a bad reputation because of his making mistakes and his ego. He is attacked on this site regularly. Galen Govier has tarnished his reputation passing off bad cars. Personally I think the rear in this topic looked bad or suspicious. I followed this topic to see where it went. You pointed out that it looks like one you have and others have said it looks like established practices to repair mistakes. I want to learn by being informed and not be told if something does not fit into a narrow margin of what is established as being correct. A point made earlier in this topic. These were production built. No two alike. We have a 67 GTO my uncle bought in 69 with the ugliest firewall. Turns out it has an AC firewall on a car that never came with AC. How, Why? It was just built that way. I was a little hard on the "experts" in my first post. My point is that when they give their opinion it is hard to change mindset after making their opinion known.