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I only have two complete front bumper assemblies, and neither one is in very good shape. Both have been hit on the passenger side, bending the main full length support beam. After a few hours and bleeding knuckles, both bumper assemblies were blown apart so I could clean up the best pieces. I put the… Continue reading Front Bumper Disassembly
After coming to the conclusion that the body IS indeed on the frame straight, I had no choice but to move on with aligning the doors on the drivers side, somethign I hadn’t really touched too much yet. To my horror, I discovered that the door gaps on the drivers side are much tighter than… Continue reading Body Panel Alignment Nightmares – Part 2
So I had two rear bumpers… the one originally from the impala left things to be desired, it was pretty beat up with some bend braces, but savable if a guy had no other options. The other bumper was pretty nice, and it came from the silver Biscayne parts car. But still I didn’t have… Continue reading Rear Bumper Issues
It’s hard to believe this project has dragged on for THREE years already. It was October of 2006 that Steve and I dragged this rust bucket into the shop and began tearing it apart! I thought it would have been a little farther along by now, but the project did take a dramatic change from… Continue reading Wow, Three Years?