Welding up Longhorn seams.

[davepl]

So I finally have to fish or cut bait on my decision to weld up the bed extension seam on my '70 Longhorn.

From an objective viewpoint, they're ugly, and a cheap and hacky solution from GM. Fixing them will yield a much cleaner looking truck, and I think that's what I'd prefer.

Subjectively, though, I'm sure some people balk at welding them up. I'm doing everything else original, and not deviating from stock in any other major irreversible way. So it'd make sense to leave them, if only they weren't so ugly (sorry, Longhorn owners, but I'm one of you). I opted not to shorten this truck because it's a great example of a Longhorn, but there are others. This isn't the last one out there.

I have to remove the travel tank doors, and it'll probably be cheaper to make the seams solid than to re-create the GM seam where the travel tank doors used to be.

So, "Show Your Seams" or "Make it Right"?