I was not sure if I was seeing it clearly, but the factory welded the upper bracket on the short sides,and the pic looked like it was welded on the long side. No big deal, you have to remember that these cars were sort of fast and people used to drink,race,and crash...........The common way to fix it afterwards was just to change the frame. It is definitely possible,if not probable, that a lot of cars were repaired this way.