Console bracket

[Big Rob]

It probably wasn't spot welded on properly and ended up breaking off when it had been leaned on a billion times. Wasn't uncommon back then to see a lot of half-arsed spot welds and gaps in panels where welding didn't penetrate. Seam sealer filled 'em up.

[XX7SANDMN]

they never had spot weids but had good mig runs that would never ever pull out even to remove factory welded brackets takes a 4 inch cutter to cut thru the welds

[Valencia]

they never had spot weids but had good mig runs that would never ever pull out even to remove factory welded brackets takes a 4 inch cutter to cut thru the welds

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