[Scott Thelander]

well as I m organizing..... and thanks for the id help on the x members,,.,

I noticed I have 2 different style hideaway brackets....

anyone else have a 1 hole lower mount location on theirs ??

seems my others all have 2 rectangle mount holes

is this early 68 ? my car 68 is an august car ........ but



Scott T

[68ragtop]

My 68 has the double hole as well. It is an early January, Pont Michigan car.
Doesn't mean they couldn't have been changed out by somebody at some point early in its life, but there was nothing that would have made me think that when I tore it apart. What was the point of the double holes again? I recall somebody saying they fit they 69 chrome bumpers, which would make no sense at all from the time of production & the hideaways not being on a chrome bumper car.

[dataway]

Will check mine and post later ... although I think they are from a 69.

[kk68]

Single hole in my hideaway brackets. Arlington, April 68 build.

[dataway]

Single hole in mine .... but I'm not sure what year ... the bumper has no emblem holes so I assume it's a 69, but all the grills are 68, so it's probably a Frankenstein ... so no help.

I notice no part numbers on the endura/hide-away parts ... just all the assembly numbers and L and R .

[68ragtop]

Originally Posted by dataway

Single hole in mine .... but I'm not sure what year ... the bumper has no emblem holes so I assume it's a 69, but all the grills are 68, so it's probably a Frankenstein ... so no help.

I notice no part numbers on the endura/hide-away parts ... just all the assembly numbers and L and R .

I noticed the same. Lots of L & R's, but very few if any part numbers on front end parts. Even the lower control arms had an L on them. Maybe for the person staging the parts for assembly, because I don't think its possible to even remotely think left & right lower control arms could be swapped. But I suppose thats true for most of those parts. Must be for staging & just saving time in assembly. That does make sense.

Interesting that you guys are finding single holes. Data, What plant is yours from even though its a 69 bumper? I would imagine these brackets are easy to bend in a collision. Heavy as heck in the frame section, but I could see them getting twisted easily if the front nose got popped in a few inches or so.

My car is pretty much complete & I keep on learning things.

[Verdoro 68]

Originally Posted by kk68

Single hole in my hideaway brackets. Arlington, April 68 build.

My car was built in late May '68 in Arlington. The brackets have 2 slots per side, but I'm 99% sure they're from an August '67 Kansas City car I used to own. I would bet mine came with single slot brackets from the factory. I find these little build nuances and variances so fascinating.

[dataway]

My bumper is not original to my car .... I personally destroyed the original bumper in an accident in 1976

So yes, my information is of no help whatsoever

Strange that there are no part numbers .... how the heck did the factory keep track of them for replacement parts. Lots of parts in a hide-away system to just kind of eyeball them and hope they are right.