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Old 12-02-2018, 01:32 PM   #790 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RedDevil View Post
Yet there must be a reason why they chose to do it that way in their early production models.
Or do you believe they do it that way for no reason at all?
I can’t think of a reason.

The only reason I could think of doing a wheel well that way is if the stamping tool was late. Even then you would likely make a “soft” tool instead of that hodgepodge is small pieces. All those small pieces needed stamping tools as well.

It is almost like they were charged with making wheel well but all the stamping dies had to fit into a tiny press.
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