those 'raised bosses' are the rivet heads, the holes are for missing rivets - the heads do get quite flat, and the other end of the rivet needs to get equally flat, but if you look at the rubber edge on you can see a slight "wow" where they are .... I took some pics of rebuilt ones, end of this page

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot