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Originally Posted by Private_collector
This is the typical state of floor plates, but mates side front piece is worse than other side. I had initially reached a decision to replace all the floor plates due to the degree of pitting (no rust through, just ugly appearance). Now i'm having second thoughts. It still looks sort of ugly, but it IS original, and it DOES add a vintage patina (spelling ???). I'll sleep on it. Will go ahead and take patterns from all three pieces for puropses of manufacturing repros in future.
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Keep the original metal! If you replace a floor plate as good as this one, the truck will loose much of the details which tells its true age.
And keep up the good work!
Hanno