Missing these--does it matter? Options

[bkrantz]

After only 3 years of project work, I realized that I am missing the lower-most engine sheet metal parts on both sides. These are the horizontal pieces that sit even with the heat exchangers. How important are these? Any advantage in not having them?

[MDTerp]

Make sure you get the right ones for your car.

The driver side has 3 different versions depending on the exhaust and transaxle shifter on the car.

Tail shifter + 70-74 exhaust. Plate goes under the shift linkage.


Side Shifter + 70-74 exhaust. Plate goes Over the shift linkage.
This seems to be the most sought after version as early cars are converted to side shifters and late cars are converted to early exhaust.


The passenger side only has two versions based on the exhaust 70-74 and 75-76.

There are some parts posted on vendor sites with the incorrect image per the description. First I ordered the wrong part and with my second order of the correct part the vendor sent the wrong part per the description but promptly sent the correct part once I showed the images/description from their site.
Point being the subtle difference between over/under the shifter is easy to mix up.