Hi everyone.

Does anyone have some good pics of the attachment of the front apron and grill to the bracket on the front cross member? Something is amiss with mine.

I searched all of the gallery pics and it appears the bracket on the cross member should come off nearly perpendicular (parallel to the ground). As you can see from the attached pic, mine comes off at maybe a 20 degree up angle. This would explain why the grill and lower apron were not attached in the middle to anything when I got the car and disassembled it. I've attached a pic of how it was before disassembly. The car had front end damage (and repaired) previously. I suspect this is why the bracket is bent up some, although the structure shows little damage.

Thanks for any help you can give.

Terry

Yeah, Terry, yours looks bent up. This is the best I can do right now for pictures.

http://classiczcars.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=24708&d=1219377244

This is the best photo I could find of mine.

You can probably find plenty in the thread of my dad's resto here.

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25643

Don't let my "Shiny' grill throw ya off, the bracket is all but flat on the top side. Hope the pics helps.

Dave.

Thanks for all the pics and input, Guys.

After analyzing all of your pics, I determined that my bracket was indeed too high. I was able to break the welds loose on the bracket at the front of the cross member, rebend the L on the bracket to that it would pivot down, and then rewelded it to the cross member. I lowered it about an inch and now the front apron and grill align properly.

Undoubtedly it got knocked out of position when the right front was hit, but it was not repaired. When they put it back together, they didn't bother to secure the middle of the grill nor the apron.

Thanks again for your help.

Terry