Bucklers!

[Oldfart]

As with most, if not all, of the period photos, resolution was not something that was a factor. When I bought my first digital camera I went as good as I could afford and bought 1 kb! I'm not sure where that photo came from so getting a better copy isn't easy. I know Bart found it somewhere.
From the pics you posted when the car was being steam cleaned Waznot there doesn't seem to be any evidence of a scoop having been removed from the bonnet. I can't imagine it being just decoration, and the inside looks as though no holes have been repaired.