I need a radiator support closeup picture please.

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I am getting ready to send a body out for work but need to know what is wrong with my bottom radiator support which I believe has been bent while someone towed it.

Can anyone provide a closeup picture of the bottom radiator support and how it is bolted to a steel stamped connector between the K-frame and the support?

When I try to connect the piece I have it's way off. Too low. I need a photo of this area so I can try to fix it or tell someone how it needs to be bent back to the correct shape.

It means looking from under the car to get a photo of a car assembled or even better if you happen to have a shot without the motor installed showing the steel support from the k-frame bolted to the bottom radiator sheet metal support.

I will work on providing a picture of mine the way it is now shortly if that helps.
As always

Thank you
 
Details matter, so what type of car and which model year?
 
70 Dart....just a guess.

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Any help? This is a B but you can see the rad support and the K and the 'bracket' I think your talking about.
kmember.jpg
 
other than the rounded edges where the support transitions from sides to the bottom, everything should be straight and square, including the face where the radiator mounts. put a straight edge on everything and check. if the car ever had an accident something may be bowed. if so, adjust as needed with a BFH
 
kursplat said:
other than the rounded edges where the support transitions from sides to the bottom, everything should be straight and square, including the face where the radiator mounts. put a straight edge on everything and check. if the car ever had an accident something may be bowed. if so, adjust as needed with a BFH
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That is the picture I needed. Not sure it's the same setup as mine. I do see that this steel bracket starts by sitting on to of the K frame. That would explain why it's low. Is this by chance a 1970 A body?

My bracket I believe bolts to the rad support. Not to what looks like the hood latch support mounted in front of the rad support.

Have to check it out some more tomorrow.

No help in the service manual.....

Thank you for helping!
 
Thats a B Roadrunner pictured. I got a 65 but its gonna be different than a 70 IIRC. My 65 K member bracket goes up to the lower valance.
 
I believe my Barracuda has the lower hood latch support bracket bolted through the green circled holes.
A carriage bolt drops through the red circled square hole and attaches the k-frame bracket with the license plate bracket in between.
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I tried some other options and came up with this. Does this look like this is the proper attachment location?

Again this is 1970 Dart Swinger. I placed the bracket underneath.
 
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