NEW FRONT BUMPER TOP, Installation Options

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I got my new Bumper top from Mark and thought I'd show the results. First, the Rubber Top that Mark makes is excellent and it fit perfectly.

Here's the before shot of the old one to be replaced.


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Here's the New Top after installing.

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Took me about an hour to remove the bumper from the car, which is a '74, remove the original Top, then Install the new top and reinstal the Bumper. After it was back on the car I had a gap between the front edge of the Hood and the back of the bumper top. After searching other posts I found the answer to fixing this was to cut away the front lip of the trunk forward bulkhead that the hood gasket lays in. I could see that this was the cause of the gap.

So off came the bumper. I used plyers to bend the metal lip down and then simply snipped it off with a good pair of Stanely sheetmetal cutters. Then filed it flush to the front bulkhead and painted it with a primer sealer.

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Then put the bumper back on and the gasket fit perfictly back in the channel against the new Bumper top. This moved the bumper inward and the gap was now gone.

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I finished by realigning the Headlight covers by simply loosening the three allen screws on the inboard side of the headlight assembly and moving the assembly up and forward to align with the hood.

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