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Originally posted by Mike P
Diplomats, New Yorker and Fifth Avenues also unbolt. Can't remember exactly, but seems all of them have a couple of plates that kind of wrap around the front fame section that also has to be removed to drop the clip out.
While your there, you'll also want to grab the steering shaft and coupler, if not the whole steering column.
Another hint that will help you a LOT when you get ready to install the front end is to take a couple of measurements some people forget about. Get the doner car (or one like it) on a piece of level concrete with a set of matching front tires on it. Measure the distance from the four mounting bolts pads to the ground.
If I remember correctly you're going to find that the fronts are a little higher than the rears. You'll want to keep this same relationship when you install the front end in order not to change the caster to the point where it can't be aligned when it's finished.
I crawled under a car at the bank[when the guy came out I had to explane what I was doing] and found there is 1in. difference in the mounts heigth, I put mine in this way an the front end shop had no trouble aligning it up