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I am trying to install the rear bumper brackets, with no luck so far. I need to know if the brackets go to the inside of the frame rail or the outside of the frame rail. So far I can do neither. I do have the long brackets for the trunk rack. These were taken off the car before bodywork and paint work.
The first picture shows the rear end of the side frame rail. Do the brackets go into the hole towards the left and next to the inside of the frame rail?
The second picture is looking straight in from the rear of the body through the hole in the body for the brackets to go. Do they go to the inside or outside of the side frame rail?
The third picture if the outside of the frame rail.
The last picture is one of the bumper brackets.

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Braces sandwich the frame rail.

Further issue...have these braces been extended from coupe braces? Hard to see...maybe they were welded together...ick.

Must have been...thats why the extra pair of holes. Sorry Keith, I know thats not what you wanted to hear.

David, thank you for the information. They are now installed. They were on the car when I got it from Gary and everything fit well. I hope to have the car back together by the end of this summer. It has been a long process.