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Bumper thrashing...
I managed to get in some welding in between Home Depots crew installing new windows on the second floor an my wife's honey dos.
I sectioned the 70 bumper, it needed about 3/4 of an inch to be right. The ends needed to be bent differently so I got out the sledge hammer and a block of wood, turned out nice! I sliced up the mounting tabs on the bumper mount and moved/added some to line up with the 70 holes. I finagled around for an hour tapping here and there and tightening and loosening bolts before I got her where I wanted her. So now I can work on the left center mounts. The 67 Coronet mount interferes with the exhaust pipe exiting from the back up light holes. So tomorrow I will slice that off and rework it to line up with this bumpers holes. Then on to the right side before welding the center section back in.
I managed to get in some welding in between Home Depots crew installing new windows on the second floor an my wife's honey dos.
I sectioned the 70 bumper, it needed about 3/4 of an inch to be right. The ends needed to be bent differently so I got out the sledge hammer and a block of wood, turned out nice! I sliced up the mounting tabs on the bumper mount and moved/added some to line up with the 70 holes. I finagled around for an hour tapping here and there and tightening and loosening bolts before I got her where I wanted her. So now I can work on the left center mounts. The 67 Coronet mount interferes with the exhaust pipe exiting from the back up light holes. So tomorrow I will slice that off and rework it to line up with this bumpers holes. Then on to the right side before welding the center section back in.