Yup, each hinge is supposed to have two bolts into the rear stake pockets, on mine one is a through bolt with a nut on the inside of the stake pocket and the other goes into a tapped hole in the stake pocket frame.

No doubt yours could be welded; no telling what “repairs” could have been made in the past


1941 Chevy Master 3/4-Ton
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