[RicksGTO]

Bob, the repops of that clip that I have are excellent. If you just need one or two I've got some extras I can mail if you want. Just PM your address.

[Bentwheelbob]

Well we had a little night shift action at the Hot Rod Garage tonight and low and behold the bumper has been installed. It looks great, really great, and it pretty much dropped into place with few issues or tweaking. We measured the brackets and the mounting holes in advance to get everything close, and I am sure that helped. The right side wrap needed some persuasion to get close to the correct horizontal position and we used a bottle jack which worked very well. It looks like it could stand to go up another 1/8" or so, but it's hard to tell with the car sitting on the lift with the side so close to the wall. We also had one rear bracket that was about 1/4" off, but MPD was able to get a gear wrench in without removing the bumper and loosen the bracket. Once it was loosened the bracket had enough play to make the mounting holes.

The list is getting a lot shorter. The plating guys called today and the jack shaft and MC cap are getting plated tomorrow. Now all I need is for a radio to show up and we'll be back on the road.

BTW - I do need one correct long bumper mounting bolt. If anyone has one I would be very appreciative. Here's the pictures.

[70RAlll]

Originally Posted by Bentwheelbob

Well we had a little night shift action at the Hot Rod Garage tonight and low and behold the bumper has been installed. It looks great, really great, and it pretty much dropped into place with few issues or tweaking. We measured the brackets and the mounting holes in advance to get everything close, and I am sure that helped. The right side wrap needed some persuasion to get close to the correct horizontal position and we used a bottle jack which worked very well. It looks like it could stand to go up another 1/8" or so, but it's hard to tell with the car sitting on the lift with the side so close to the wall. We also had one rear bracket that was about 1/4" off, but MPD was able to get a gear wrench in without removing the bumper and loosen the bracket. Once it was loosened the bracket had enough play to make the mounting holes.

The list is getting a lot shorter. The plating guys called today and the jack shaft and MC cap are getting plated tomorrow. Now all I need is for a radio to show up and we'll be back on the road.

BTW - I do need one correct long bumper mounting bolt. If anyone has one I would be very appreciative. Here's the pictures.

The bolt that you need, are you talking about the ones that come from the trunk out?? If yes, post a picture of what you need., I have bags of the original bolts already replated..

[Judge273]

Nice work for sure! Don't bump into anything now...

[Bentwheelbob]

So the paint on the Black Car has been really bothering me. No matter how hard I work, it is 29 year old paint with lots of problems. Not the least of which is acid rain spots. I've been planning to get it painted after this season, so I've decided that I am just going to go with matte black hot rod paint for this season to hide the imperfections. Rustoleum makes a great hot rod black paint that sprays well, and the car is looking good. I can't decide whether to spray the hood or not since the paint on it is in good shape. Here's some pictures...









Of course I might be wet sanding the front of the car and it could be really looking great. Like exceeding my wildest expectations great...

[RamAir]

You're kidding right? you are scaring me with the do it yourself matte black.

[njsteve]

You a funny man.

So how are you gonna color sand out the gravel guard on the lower 6 inches of the car?