XK120 Fender Piping
 

I have been looking at 120's recently. Two I have looked at were mid 1952 models (by chassis numbers) and had NO piping in the rear fenders. Did the owners just never put it back or was this common?
Also one of these had NO red indicator on top of the turn signal housing (not chrome). Did the factory send out vehicles with NO red top indicators?
Many Thanks