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Recommendation needed on Bay Area Body Shop

MD69Boss

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I have a spare pair of rear bumper brackets for my 69 Boss.
I am unhappy with the way the rear bumper conforms, (or doesn't), to the back of the car, and am looking to see if someone has a shop recommendation that will be able to work with the mounts to get the rear bumper to tuck nicely against the rear of the car.
All feedback is appreciated...
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Don't know any shop but sometimes, its better that the bumper isn't that close to the body if you have a small"accident" .
Just my 2 eurocent.
 
Larry at Morgan Hill Auto Body does excellent work but not sure if he would do such a small job. His shop does major insurance work.
 
You'd probably have to take that to a customizer. Most body shops, as Mike intimated, are totally absorbed in insurance repairs where their margins are. A job like yours would be a major distraction for those folks and, therefore, very expensive. It would also take a very long time since your car would occupy the extreme back burner. Your bumper fits like every other '69 Mustang I've ever seen. It's a boss. Don't screw with it.
 
Appreciate the advice, Rags, but the only screwing with I plan on are on the $39 repop bumper mounts... I will get around to it, eventually, just not today, wasn't sure if this was something I could get done in the interim, again thanks for the feedback...
 
If you already have the brackets why not do it yourself? Shouldn't be that tough to measure the distance you want it in and up and alter the brackets to get it there. I had to rework mine to get the bumper up and in a bit. I probably should have moved it more looking at it now but it wasn't tough. I used a die grinder with a thin cut-off wheel to notch out slots, bent the bracket into the cut, tacked it, made the second "adjustment the same way and then finished it up with better welds and called it a day. Best kind of do-it-yourself project because no one will ever see the modified parts! Besides, the brackets are cheap so even if you screw it up no big loss.
 
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