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my reproduction fenders and hood were -to me- excellent quality. believe I ordered thru AMD pretty sure would be the same manufacturer from whomever is closest to you.

only alteration I did building my 72 TA clone was welding in the lower valance bracket as you mentioned. easy. fits in fender perfect, no need to remove the entire bracing from the reproduction just cut where you need.

the hump thing is just the irrelevant inner bracing that effects nothing unless your building a museum car. and even then, you could cut that short hump and properly welded and smoothed (like a lot that want the original look have done) it would look like the early inner fender bracing.

got my fender vent inserts from ebay nice and cheap. lots out there.