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File comment: Shows the NOS new part lower. Note the bottom is straight on the NOS and drops down on the original on the car.
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Hi Tim,
Attached is a photo I took today of one of the hinges on the car. The other is the NOS one. You can see that the upper is different with the caged nuts for the brace on the NOS one and none on my car. Of course, my car does not have the brace, but it does have the square holes for the bolt which have never had anything in it.
The bottom part of the hinge on my car "drops down" where the NOS one goes straight across.
Very odd.
I did see that the one on the car had a manufacturing stamp of one company while the NOS one had one from another.
It would be great if a bunch of people chimed in with photos and serial numbers so we can see if it was a running change or if it was a Detroit versus LA thing.
Thanks, James