Front fender Repair

[FarmerSid]

Hey All! Been working on repairing the rust on my front fenders on my 51 Chev truck. I'm at a point where should I repair back to original or repair to look original but eliminate the factory lap joints. I have repaired the factory mounting flange where the front fender meets the cowl but from the factory there is a added strip so to speak tack welded on the inside of the flange all the way down under the cab. I have replicated that as well but now that it is ready to be tack welded in, I'm thinking maybe I should just extend the flange by butt welding it on instead of the lap joint. I don't like lap welds one bit! Just a honey hole for moisture to hide and form rust. What's are you all thinking?