It wasn't British wiring so I had to improvise.
On with the bumper installation:
The next phase was to install the front valance which, of course, fit perfectly right off the bat. NOT!!!! First of all it was not cut to allow the bumper brackets to come thru the valance hence the cut out areas in the pic. It dawned on me that this valance was made for chrome bumper fenders (they are different) which also explained why many of the mounting holes didn't line up. Some test fitting, scribing of weld nuts, etc. resulted the valance mounted as shown;

The next step would be to drill for the bumper mounting bars (what we called "bumper irons" in my youth). Simple, right? Nope. The remaining inner flange is too narrow to get a nut and washer in place so the only fix I could see was to scab on about 3/8 of an inch of 1/8" stock so there would be room for the inner bolt. BTW - this step was completely missing from the instructions which makes me think that maybe some of the earlier rubber bumper cars had a wider inner flange (my car was one of the last several hundred made). There's no way to weld the rear of this so I cranked up the welder as much as I dared and beveled my added pieces a little - it probably should be OK as it'll be clamped by the bumper iron and a washer in the rear. Both sides done as shown.
On with the bumper installation:
The next phase was to install the front valance which, of course, fit perfectly right off the bat. NOT!!!! First of all it was not cut to allow the bumper brackets to come thru the valance hence the cut out areas in the pic. It dawned on me that this valance was made for chrome bumper fenders (they are different) which also explained why many of the mounting holes didn't line up. Some test fitting, scribing of weld nuts, etc. resulted the valance mounted as shown;
The next step would be to drill for the bumper mounting bars (what we called "bumper irons" in my youth). Simple, right? Nope. The remaining inner flange is too narrow to get a nut and washer in place so the only fix I could see was to scab on about 3/8 of an inch of 1/8" stock so there would be room for the inner bolt. BTW - this step was completely missing from the instructions which makes me think that maybe some of the earlier rubber bumper cars had a wider inner flange (my car was one of the last several hundred made). There's no way to weld the rear of this so I cranked up the welder as much as I dared and beveled my added pieces a little - it probably should be OK as it'll be clamped by the bumper iron and a washer in the rear. Both sides done as shown.
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