Roof skin

[Robdog]

Hi guys,

For those with roof skin removal experience,  pictured is a thin strip of steel which sits underneath the front edge of the roof skin. It is spot welded to the main frame and the roof skin then welds to it.

question, is this factory or has it been added at some stage? as this roof has been off before. 
I totally removed that piece and sandblasted the area, I’m just wondering wether to put a new piece back in, as I see lots of overlaps as a nice place to start rusting. 

thanks for help

 

[C.A.R.]

That strip should definitely NOT be there.