1st Generation 1964 1/2 - 1973 - Questions & general discussions that apply to a specific year > 1966 Mustang
1966 rear bumper alignment/installation
NEFaurora:
"They were tumbled, bead blasted, plated and then inventoried.
Jim "
Well, That sure does explain some things!
:o)
Tony K.
jtfx6552:
I'm attempting to line up my rear bumper.
I have a 1979 Ford service replacement that was on the car for years, but does not fit well. It was never hit as far as I know, but it seems bent more than it should be.
Just for comparison, I bought a repro from Virginia Classic, that's described as the best fitting currently available. It definitely fits better than the service part, but to get it lined up as close to the way i think it should be, I needed to leave the wave washer out of the bottom two bumper to bracket holes, and put two of the shims Jim shows on the top bracket to body bolts, resulting in the attached pictures. the brackets are the originals, but the whole back half of the car is NOS sheet metal.
Is that the way it should look? Anyone have any good pictures of that area? I spent some time in the unrestored forum, but it seems a lot of those bumpers may have been tapped at one time or another.
Brian Conway:
No shims. OE brackets and wave washers, Brian
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