Swinging for Divorce…

DentalDart said
Ok so this picture helps me understand what others have been saying, I’ve never seen it from this angle.

From this view it seems The studs are not supposed to go through a hole, only 1/2 the stud is covered by the tab and then the nuts just kind of hold it all tight together.

Should I not be worried about it rattling out?

I was thinking when the book mentions the bracket being welded on to the car it was literally this bracket. And with this bracket the stud goes through the hole.

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Been awhile sense I restored my 69n Dart, but I don't recall those tabs you are showing. The backing plate yes, that was positioned on the body panel and secured by two acorn nuts. I have a red(R4) body color with a black stripe over the rear. I painted these side markers black, to match the stripe. These were installed after the car was painted and after the stripe was added.