Doorkicker
Well-Known Member
Let me start by saying I've gone through what old manuals I could find (MoParts.com mostly), searched this site, and even annoyed people at car shows... all to no avail. So, I'm reaching out to you master blasters for some help.
Car = 1972 Charger, base model.
I have the grill setup much like what I've pictured below (not my actual car). No hidden headlight version, just old school grill. I saved the car from a junk yard from Alabama and found some brackets in the trunk... six different ones, and the guy I got the car from said they were for the grill. Seemed to make since to me.
However, only the outside, curved brackets fit (#1) correctly and are now bolted in and align perfectly to the plastic internal grill insert.
Bracket #3 also seems to fit the bottom of the actual metal part of the grill trim, but not the top. But I think once I figure this out... she'll line up... but no way to attach the top of the bracket.
And for bracket #2... I can see where it goes, but it's too far back and doesn't align with the bolt holes in the bottom or top.
I feel like I'm missing a bracket that runs across the top of the outer/metal grill, just on the inside. Like an intermediary bracket that attaches to the upper metal grill and then the mounts #2 and #3 attach to it... is that right?
Anyway, I know this picture I've marked up is from a 1971 body manual and for a Charger 500... so... but I have no pictures or other manuals that I can find.
Can someone point me in the right direction with a picture or something from a manual to get me going in the right direction?
Thanks in advance.
Car = 1972 Charger, base model.
I have the grill setup much like what I've pictured below (not my actual car). No hidden headlight version, just old school grill. I saved the car from a junk yard from Alabama and found some brackets in the trunk... six different ones, and the guy I got the car from said they were for the grill. Seemed to make since to me.
However, only the outside, curved brackets fit (#1) correctly and are now bolted in and align perfectly to the plastic internal grill insert.
Bracket #3 also seems to fit the bottom of the actual metal part of the grill trim, but not the top. But I think once I figure this out... she'll line up... but no way to attach the top of the bracket.
And for bracket #2... I can see where it goes, but it's too far back and doesn't align with the bolt holes in the bottom or top.
I feel like I'm missing a bracket that runs across the top of the outer/metal grill, just on the inside. Like an intermediary bracket that attaches to the upper metal grill and then the mounts #2 and #3 attach to it... is that right?
Anyway, I know this picture I've marked up is from a 1971 body manual and for a Charger 500... so... but I have no pictures or other manuals that I can find.
Can someone point me in the right direction with a picture or something from a manual to get me going in the right direction?
Thanks in advance.
