I was wondering. I have been trying to fit the front bumper on my 67 bird and it seems to fit like "crap" the center is very close to the hood and the outsides by the fenders have 3/4 of an inch gap. Also the passenger side seems to be 1/2 an inch lower than the drivers side. Are there any secrets to fitting the bumper. (I did learn that 2 layers of tape is not enough on the paint)
Try loosening everything up, just barely snug. Then have a friend help position it while you tighten it up. I did mine myself but works better with a #2 person or even 3 (just will cost you a few extra cans of beer). If everything else is in alighnment more or less it should work. I did have to put a washer in between one of the lower braces to help mone it over the last 1/8" side to side..
in reasembling mine what i learned is this, i would check to see if the front is square and no damage to the frame. the bumper bracket on the dr side might has too much tilt towards the hood and the pass is too low. loosen them and raise the pass alittle and lower the dr side. eye them for levelness. the metal panel that fits along the bumper has to be loosend in the back there are 2 bolts on the brackets loosen and it will slide side to side. there are 2 rubber type pads that bolt to the panel they need to be loosend so you can slide the panel. chances are the light buckets are our of adj also. so you are better off removing the bumper set every thing up for the hood fitment to the panel. first loosen the light brackets there are 3 bolts in back; then replace the bumper with the plastic grills adjust the lights to the plastic grills. hope some of this helps.
