Your mind fills in the gaps automatically.
That’s why sometimes we don’t actually see exactly what’s there, but what first appeared to be. What “appears” can be very subjective, from one person to another.
This little steel angle with a shim scabbed onto it is the clutch pedal stop on my Volkswagen.
The original builder really took some time to think this out and fabricate it, didn’t they?
And it didn’t really fit, so you can see the shiny spot where they ground on the brake pedal pivot with a grinder!