I have a "back story" on the angle iron welded to the rear uprights that can be seen in the first few posts in this thread.
I had a chance to talk to the builder of this car today, he said that when he got it there was a trailer hitch attached to the rear of the car the angle iron was there to attach the safety chains. He said he just never took them off.
I plan on removing them and cleaning the area up.
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