[CompClassics]

Mark IV,

Your post couldn't be more true about the AN hardware.
We had a local Tiger owner stop by that had fully restored the car himself. Mind you this owner had taken the car down to a bare steel tub and corrected everything that was wrong with the car while returning the car to an operational car again. He stopped by to show me the completed car and all the work he had done and everywhere I looked there were new grade 8 fasteners in place of the original hardware. When I asked him why he had replaced the hardware his response nearly floored me, "you can buy this stuff by the pound". Here's someone that took the time to, completely strip the car down to metal, refinish all the wood accents, have the drivetrain rebuilt, etc, etc, etc.

LMH,

There is no real issue with removing the length of a bolt as long as the process does not heat the material significantly.

As per my posting of the CSX Continuation Cobras it looks like a pattern that is taking place during a subcontractors installation of components while turning the car into a "roller".