The things I wonder about are: is the blower motor suppose to be mounted on the outside?

It has some pretty visible seams or seam sealer, is this factory or where someone peiced in a blower motor?

Lastly, is it in the correct location? I always thought it looked a little too close to the passenger inner fender.

I mainly question this because the previous owner did a lot of really crude stuff to the car as it was previously painted up before I got it. (ie; shoddy body work and all).