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I once helped a guy out who was trying to sell a Corvette. He had restored it to the nines but was missing a small L bracket that held the AC expansion valve to the firewall. There was a groove in the valve and dents for screw holes in the firewall. I fabbed the bracket and installed it in the car. Made the bracket look like it had been stamped out of sheet metal with nice rounded corners and everything. Found the right clip to hold the valve. He sold the car to a guy who remarked that he had never seen a car that had the bracket intact. He was very happy with the car. Good times, eh?

Later the seller told me he found out that the bracket was a factory design that had been deleted for cost savings, never made nor installed on any car...