Charles, I do not recall it being that way. It also now has a 66 drivers fender (threre was nothing wrong with the original). Ironically, the car was an urban legend in the Buffalo area for many years. It was sold new through Frontier Ford in Niagara Falls. The guy that finally found it was across the street emptying a septic tank in the country when he saw the tail end in the garage. IIRC correctly, it took a while for him to pry it out of the hands of the squirrelly owner. By the time I found out it was for sale, it sold to Chris L in CT. Time had taken its toll but it still had all five of the original blue dots. Unfortunately, Chris sold those before I bought it. I ended up picking it up in Lime Rock and dragging it back to Buffalo maybe three weeks after it was dragged to CT. Interestingly, I live just a few miles from where the car was hiding for all those years. I contacted the long time owner to see if he had the tag. He said he thought he had it somewhere. I told him I would give him $1k if we could find it. I took the car over there and let him drive it. We went back to his house and looked everywhere. To say this guy was a living Norman Bates/Ed Gein would be an understatement. In addition, he had about 50 cats that ran rampant in the house and garage. Needless to say, we did not find it. I am guessing that the urine smell Stan recalls was probably cat and rat.