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Old 12-20-2018, 10:31 AM   #1
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Interior aluminum segmented end cap years?

In cleaning out our new to us 1961 Tradewind I noticed that the rear interior cap is aluminum and the front is fiberglass.
Is this normal for a 61? I expected them both to be fiberglass.Click image for larger version

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Old 12-21-2018, 01:49 PM   #2
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Im just guessing but maybe they ran out of fiberglass endcaps that particular day.
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Old 12-21-2018, 02:45 PM   #3
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Im just guessing but maybe they ran out of fiberglass endcaps that particular day.
That's as good an explanation as any I think. [emoji38]
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