I'm with John. Seems that the bean counters tend to win, even when it doesn't make good engineering sense.

The Korean war trucks got painted bumpers, hubcaps, etc, to save chrome for the war effort, and they needed that paint from those 4 extra letters for the previously chromed but now painted parts. wink

Kevin
1951 Chevy 3100 work truck
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1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car)
Busting rust since the mid-60's
If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.