Rocker Cover Screws, Which screws on the underside? Options

[Arno914]

Hello,

on my 1971/-4 I recently cleaned and resprayed the rocker covers.
On the top I have the correct hardware to attach them, plastic rivets and screws with spacers on each end under the fender lips.

In the bottom part, there are three large holes in the covers, apparently for M6 (?) size bolts (3 each side).
On my car however, there where 3 holes randomly drilled to attach the covers with small sheet metal screws. Seems to be "original". The fit is correct.

Question: Did the factory attach the underside of the covers this way? On the early cars maybe? Are there nuts in the longs for larger screws on "later" cars? (Mine doesn´t have them.

I added rubber spacers to help drain water and dirt upon reassembly.

Greetings, Arno

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[Arno914]

can't see why earlier cars would be any different.
i looked in the factory workshop manual before posting this to check.
it just shows the three panheads as per my car.

Thanks for checking into this. I double checked with my factory manual and it says "3 Phillips screws on the bottom". Probably there was a change towards M6 on the later models? My ´71 doesn´t have M6 threads on the bottom of the longs. Maybe my covers are from a later model?
Not that this is soo important, I was just wondering... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

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