We were talking about Talladega front bumpers a couple weeks back and got distracted. Chris Vick and James Ozinga both sent in some photos which you will find useful if you have pulled your front end off and are not sure how to put it all back together.
Here are some before photos from James.
This is the driver side fender and bumper bracket mount to the frame.
Chris Vick sent in this photo and description:
You see the main cross bar from frame bracket to outer bumper. The lower bar goes from the frame bracket to the front hole on the fender. Hard to see, but there is a cross brace from the frame bracket (near the right top, behind upper bumper bolt) to the lower hole on the core support. At that attachment point is the factory flat style fender brace at the rear of the front part of the fender. In front of the flat brace is another bar that attaches to a 90 degree piece on the bottom plate below the head lights and it goes down to the front part of the front fender. I guess that doesn’t want that fender to bend. The tubing is 1/2” OD and I have sanded them and found it to be copper coated steel tube painted black. Why copper coated? Anybody else find this? I bet you guys with completed cars are not going to sand on them and enlighten me. Ha ha
Chris
Chris, when I bead blasted mine, I noticed the same thing with the copper coating.
I have no idea as to why they did this, other than corrosion protection as these tubes are pretty thin walled (light?)….
Regards, Jim