Need Help '69 Front End Assembly - Missing Parts?
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Burning Brakes
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Need Help '69 Front End Assembly - Missing Parts?
I have a '69 coupe that was disassembled by the PO, to install a door-to-door front clip. Here are photos of the parts that came with the car and the opening in the nose where they're supposed to go. It seems there are a few missing items but I'm having difficulty determining what they are and I'm not having much luck looking through the AIM. Any help would be appreciated especially pictures of what a completed assembly is supposed to look like.
Thanks,
-Doug
Thanks,
-Doug
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clip
A few more shots
#3
Burning Brakes
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Alan and rvzio, thank you for the help.
Mounting the bumper and license bracket seem pretty straightforward. It's these brackets (circled) that I'm having difficulty with. There just doesn't seem to be mounting holes or attachment points where there should be. The car has a replacement front clip and the installation is incomplete. (inner fenders not bonded, missing splash guards etc.) Are there holes in the clip that need to be drilled?
Alan, I am looking at sheets 11-13-A3, 11-13-A6 and 14-A2.
Mounting the bumper and license bracket seem pretty straightforward. It's these brackets (circled) that I'm having difficulty with. There just doesn't seem to be mounting holes or attachment points where there should be. The car has a replacement front clip and the installation is incomplete. (inner fenders not bonded, missing splash guards etc.) Are there holes in the clip that need to be drilled?
Alan, I am looking at sheets 11-13-A3, 11-13-A6 and 14-A2.
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Melting Slicks
those brackets in red are mounted at the bottom with 2- 1/4" bolts that through bolt
in the brackets weldedr nuts, and the top it screwed to the top of the light ficture,the center
bolts are hidden by the buperettes, and ends bolts are exposed
in the brackets weldedr nuts, and the top it screwed to the top of the light ficture,the center
bolts are hidden by the buperettes, and ends bolts are exposed
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CrossedUp (02-08-2016)
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clip
I will search for more pictures, here's another.
ZIO
ZIO
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Burning Brakes
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[QUOTE=rvzio;1591504957]I will search for more pictures, here's another.
ZIO
Thanks ZIO, It looks like I'll have to drill holes in the valance for the bottom holes but still can't figure out how the top of the bracket attaches.
ZIO
Thanks ZIO, It looks like I'll have to drill holes in the valance for the bottom holes but still can't figure out how the top of the bracket attaches.
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I have a '69 coupe that was disassembled by the PO, to install a door-to-door front clip. Here are photos of the parts that came with the car and the opening in the nose where they're supposed to go. It seems there are a few missing items but I'm having difficulty determining what they are and I'm not having much luck looking through the AIM. Any help would be appreciated especially pictures of what a completed assembly is supposed to look like.
Thanks,
-Doug
Thanks,
-Doug
#8
Burning Brakes
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Thanks JL, I can't find it in the '69 AIM. According to Paragon's catalog, it's a '70-'72 part (12990K). I don't know what goes in the threaded holes in the the center brace though.
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Here are the three main pages from the 1969 aim.
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A word of caution, don't torque down hard on the bolts that attach the bumper corners. I put a spacer in the holes to let the corner bolts float a bit and not stress the fiberglass.
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CrossedUp (02-09-2016)
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Burning Brakes
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I found the photos posted in this old thread to be very helpful too.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...lp-needed.html
I think I now have the info I need to piece things back together. The biggest issue for me is having not been the one who took it apart in the first place.
Thank you everyone for your help,
-Doug
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...lp-needed.html
I think I now have the info I need to piece things back together. The biggest issue for me is having not been the one who took it apart in the first place.
Thank you everyone for your help,
-Doug