1966 Ford Galaxie 500 XL Refurbishment : 026 Body Mounts & Bumper Bracket Hardware, part 2
2023, November 14
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The kit gives you 4 of the same mushroom locking pucks (right hand side) of which you need to take 2 of them and grind off most of the mushroom locking section (second from right) and match the original (lower left). This make a ginormous mess. Then you have drill the centre hole all the way through for the steel pad insert as it's moulded over on the puck.
They go here and the body just rests on these, there are no bolts or additional hardware.
These mounts go above the rear spring tower and for once you can use the rubber pucks from the kit directly without having to modify them.
They go here and I just used a little make-shift spring to keep the bolts up and not flopping around without the body installed.
These go on the rear frame rails, but you still need to centre drill the rubber pucks to get the steel inserts in.
They go here and again there is no addition hardware, the body simply rests on these.
These are the rear most frame mounts. You can also use these rubber pucks as is from the kit.
Like so.
This is the hardware for the rear bumper brackets to frame.
You can see where the loose nut and bolt go and where the clipped nut and bolt go.
Bumper Bracket and Misc Hardware
These are the front apron frame retainers.
One gets mounted on this side.
And the other on this side.
These are the rearward front bumper bracket hardware.
These go here.
These are the middle mount hardware of the front bumper bracket.
These go here.
This is the front adjustable hardware for the front bumper bracket.
Get's installed this way.
And that's the tedious and really boring body and bumper hardware.
Cheers
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