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Originally Posted by Poncho Dave

I don’t see any tears. It is probably out of shape due to the metal headlight mount being bent. If I were repairing it, I’d replace or repair the headlight bracket and save everything else. Not too bad of a repair, definitely not worth messing with a new bumper cover.

Yeah, the warpage on the sides is because the tweaked headlight panel is stretching those spots at the mounting bolt points. The moment they unbolt everything and apply some heat, it'll probably go back to its proper shape. I have a feeling the bumper should be saveable - there are no tears, it'll just need a sand and refinish. These bumpers can pretty much be totally repaired to like-new conditions these days due to the demand since restoration of these cars along with many other vehicles of the era that used the old thermoset urethane bumpers has drastically increased.

I was just wondering if anybody ever actually had success with a repro bumper if it came to that, but so far I haven't heard much positive feedback.