ya know Chip, that makes me think of the fact that many of the repro parts are patterned on "good original" pieces, rather than engineering specifications, and considering these are/were cheap consumer work trucks, and were never the greatest quality from the line, it wouldn't be suprising if some things were copied from original parts that were "incorrect"
I have heard from a number of sources that on the line a part that didn't fit well enough [maybe after being tried on 2 or 3 trucks] was mixed into the service parts system for use as replacement parts, where someone might take the time to fuss over the fit .... no doubt some dealer bodymen back in the day got as frustrated as we sometimes do!!
Bill
