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Unprovable?

Maybe.

Does it hurt to ask?

Never.
There are a lot of mysteries with these cars that have been cleared up just by a few old pages surfacing now & then.




Asking should never be an issue for anyone, it's how we learn.

As to the highlighted point, this is exactly the fallacy I am talking about. You cannot apply the same rules to what amounts to, by todays standards anyway, a collection of basically handbuilt cars just because of what a piece of paper says. If assembly instruction says to do "A", and Fred on shift 1 does "B", then Joe on shift 2 does "C", then Fred is sick on Tuesday and Mike who is subbing does "D" which one is right?

I have restored my share of these cars and I can tell you from experience that, like fingerprints, no two are the same. So, IMHO the only correct way is to document the car as it comes apart because my car is different than yours, and sometimes VERY different.

I would put FAR more faith in what someone who was there says, over what any piece of paper says.

--Jeff