Re: big tank repair
Here's a blow-up of the area that Mike's discussing. The hole for the filler pipe would interfere with the reinforcement, so it was deleted; hence no rivets or evidence of filled holes. Note the original tower clamp on the filler overflow tube -- never been removed
. Also the N(backwards)03 with the nut plates riveted AFTER the crayon marking.
But wasn't this reinforcement a feature added later on in '63 production ? Noland's vol 2 pg. 22 shows convertible body #358 in crayon directly where the reinforcement would be.
Here's a blow-up of the area that Mike's discussing. The hole for the filler pipe would interfere with the reinforcement, so it was deleted; hence no rivets or evidence of filled holes. Note the original tower clamp on the filler overflow tube -- never been removed

But wasn't this reinforcement a feature added later on in '63 production ? Noland's vol 2 pg. 22 shows convertible body #358 in crayon directly where the reinforcement would be.

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