Finished installing the rear bumper and bumper guards. Hardware for the guards and bumper is all the original, replated as original. This is a tricky area, because again the assembly manuals are for later dated revisions. These fasteners were restored as they were for the June 64 time period of manufacture. The hardware was also a little different than what was pointed out in the manuals, but documented as the same fore several other cars of this period.
The bumper bolts themselves were different that what was provided by AMK. I didn't like that the heads were not flush with surface of the bumper and that they were just plain different than what was originally there. So it was several days of extra work, but I couldn't be happier with the restored hardware. Note that the bolt, nut, and washer on the left is what came from AMK, the rest are the originals form off the car.
After restoration...the heads of the original bolts have a much tighter radius on the outer edges and the square area that fits into the bumper is smaller...both of which allow these to fit flush to the bumper surface. Removal of nicks and dents from the stainless steel caps on each bolt was extremely tedious...but they look better now than the new AMK bolts.
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