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Hope everyone has a great week! Enjoy the festivities and happy new year! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

merry xmas to me - a day off and some time to play w/my toy picked up a nice new rear bumper from futofab: http://www.futofab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=131&Itemid=118#a_rb and i'm quite happy w/the quality of the parts. nice chrome, good fit, speedy delivery. i pulled the stock '78 bumpers off a while ago and was going back and forth on whether to do the bodywork and have a shaved rear or install a 240 rear bumper. decided on the bumper. i made some adaptor brackets out of aluminum flat bar that use the 2-bolt mounts on the bumper and bolt up to the threaded holes from the stock mounts. a little measuring, cutting, drilling, and a bending in the vice and all was good. that got the center section securely mounted. the side return mounts on the bumper are way too far off from captive nuts in the '78 quarter panels, so i went a different route. decided to (gasp) drill a hole and mount to the body panel. first step was to pull a string across the side of the car to set the returns level, then cover the area with some painter's tape, mark the hole location and drill for the anchors. the driver's side was pretty easy - i used a rubber grommet found at ace hardware in the plumbing section to isolate the bolt from the body, then pushed it through from the inside and cranked it up to the bumper return - hardest part was pulling all the interior panels out to get to it on the inside. passenger side was a bit trickier, as the gas filler goes right by where the hole was (REALLY glad i checked that before drilling!!) and there's no way to get a bolt in there that would push thru from the inside, let alone get a wrench on it to tighten. so i took the easy way out and used a rubber well-nut and a 1/4-20 bolt w/fender washer to go thru the bumper mount. none of the above are particularly crash-worthy, but then again, neither is the bumper... it's basically a nice piece of trim. at any rate, i'm happy with how it looks. now, if only my newly re-built n47 head would show up, i might actually be able to get her running again! locating the hole drilled driver's side grommet driver's side - ready to bolt up passenger side well-nut bolt & fender washer for well-nut all done

Little birdy tells me you are keeping her I had actually sold it all, but regretted it, and knew I wouldn't find another in this condition, plus I didn't need to sell anymore, so I withdrew the sale. So it definitely wont be heading overseas.

I took the whole day and got them put in without scratching them or myself. The old vs new On the car park lights parking lights with brakes too Part #s for the gaskets and rivets, small and the normal size. My local dealer got everything in a few days.

After I get over this last spending spree I am going to start a new one with you, @240zrubberparts. You have some good stuff.