Is that a piece of sheet metal with a L-shaped cross section? My '72 has that. Doug On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Dan Parrott <parrotthead1957 at gmail.com>wrote: > > I've had several Spit Bonnets. A couple of them have a stiffener that > bolts to the cross brace, about 4 feet long. Was this item ever stock?