How-To '69 Ford Mustang Grand Beautification

Incredibly, the Grand still had its original bumper, complete with Ford tags and factory marks. Unfortunately, the bumper was scratched and thin on chrome.

Our new NPD bumper was bolted up to the original bumper brackets with new bumper hardware. Though we reused our brackets, new ones are available from NPD. Be sure to replace the wave washers as shown (arrow).

Now we move onto the fender extensions.

There are three nuts per side holding the extension to the body. These will need to be removed and reused.

With the extension removed, you can now access the three nuts that hold the molding on. The new extension molding, like the decklid molding, comes with new, shiny mounting hardware-very cool.

If you are a one-man band as we suddenly became late in the day, you can still mount a bumper. Be sure to place it into its correct position first, then hook your kneecap under the center and press it forward while starting one bolt per side. Painful yes, but effective.

A new gas cap goes a long way toward a good-looking rear end. No, don't even go there.

The rear end looks great, and now all Marie has to do is spiff the interior and she'll have a truly awesome Grand daily driver.