69-73 front bumper mounting & support Qs

[deathpunk dan]

Hello
My front bumper is attached to the car only by the four bolts (2 on each side) that go from the front trunk area (near the headlights/battery boxes) into the brackets attached to the bumper (with the captive nuts).

There are no other brackets attached to and it is not supported anywhere else. As a result, it hangs down awkwardly at the outer edge (where it terminates at the wheelwell) on both sides.

Should there be some sort of support bracket on each side? Looked at a 67S and it had support tubes in this area. But my understanding is -68 have a different setup.

I'd really like to fix this. Any advice or info is appreciated.

Thanks

[ossiblue]

Yes, there is a support bracket that attaches to the side of the battery boxes. The bracket is shaped like this, ] with the top and bottom "legs" as attachment points for bolts--the top leg for the fender, and the bottom for the bumper. The bumper itself should have a welded bracket that will bolt to the support bracket.

[tharbert]

And it's a significant piece of metal on mine, maybe a bit less than 1/4" bar stock?

[m1franck]

Then if you do a battery box delete in order to add a fender mounted oil cooler you can build a bracket something like this to replace the one that was attached to the battery box. Before and after

[m1franck]

Also, here's what the corresponding bracket looks like on the inside of the front bumper, albeit this is a fiberglass bumper I'm sure a stock steel one has something similar.

[deathpunk dan]

Aha!
Ok....the bumper itself does have the inside brackets. And the battery boxes are still present and have the holes. So I just need to find the fasteners and correct legs or make something.

Thank you all for the descriptions and photos!