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Old Dec 9, 2021 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by OldCarBum
Today I had some spare time, so I pulled the rear bumpers off the car, stood back and made my final decision.
When I removed the bumpers I noticed that with the exhaust tips and bezels cut into the lower valance the rear tail section didn’t have that clean smooth look I wanted.
I decided to leave the rear bumpers on the car and have them painted black to match the body color.
I still believe this is a great looking mod to the car, but it really only looks good on cars with side exhaust and the smooth solid lower valance.
Someone spent a lot of time glassing in the bottom panel and deleting the reverse lamps on my 1968. I've also thought of removing the bumpers and smoothing it out. I have side pipes.


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Old Dec 10, 2021 | 12:46 PM
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a cheater back up light is a license plate frame with reverse lights built into it. no glass work or paint...
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Old Dec 10, 2021 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by derekderek
a cheater back up light is a license plate frame with reverse lights built into it. no glass work or paint...
That's a clever idea. I was thinking of using 69 back up lamps but that seems better. Thanks!

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Old Dec 10, 2021 | 07:06 PM
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That car is beautiful! I have a silver 69 with bright blue interior and rally wheels. I love your wheels, which ones are those?
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