Have any pics? I'd like to see how the 71-2 rubber pieces look/fit on 73 fenders, and bumper - fender - grill allignment.There is a difference of opinion on what needs to be done to achieve this. I have a '73 also and I bolted the '71 grille, lower valence, and a chrome bumper right on. I also got the rubber caps that go between the fender and chrome bumper. Some people say you will need the '71 fenders but I disagree.
To answer your question directly: To do it "right" you'll need:I want a 71 Mach.
I have a line on a 73 Mach.
I don't really care about keeping a run of the mill 73 Mach stock.
What would it take to install a 71 grille/bumper on a 73?
I want to turn the 73 Mach into a 71 Mach clone.
Anything else I need to consider?
Thanks
Dave
Have any pics? I'd like to see how the 71-2 rubber pieces look/fit on 73 fenders, and bumper - fender - grill allignment.
Looks straight on. Did you use a 71-2 Latch or did you cut through the grill to permit the 73 Latch to work?Right now this is the best pic I have. The car is presently in the process of getting painted, once I have it back I'll take more pics and post them.
Looks straight on. Did you use a 71-2 Latch or did you cut through the grill to permit the 73 Latch to work?
And what about the bumper mounting brackets? - they're completely different between 71-2 and 73.
there must be a diffrence of opinion but why switch to a 71 clone? why go threw all the work of switching the front end and grill. because i got a 73 mach and the grill doesnt look that bad. what im planing on is just switching to the 71 strip kit on the side which looks great. but far as the front end goes not much diffrence besides the marker lights right? i got the rubber bumper up front which makes for a cleaner look than the chrome in my mind.
Nope, sorry, that's just plain wrong. All 73's use a different mounting bracket as shown in my pics here: 73-Inner-Bumper-Bkt.htm... I also used the '73 bumper mounting brackets. From what I've read, and in experience, they are the same '71-'73.
Nope, sorry, that's just plain wrong. All 73's use a different mounting bracket as shown in my pics here: 73-Inner-Bumper-Bkt.htm
71-2 Mounting brackets have horizontal mounting holes that line up with the horizontal reinforcement plate.
73 Mounting brackets have vertical mounting holes that line up with the vertical holes on the Bumper Support channel.
Maybe someone started the conversion on your car prior to you purchasing it - highly probable since urethane bumpers aren't available as repros.
Did your car have a 73 Urethane bumper when you purchased it?
Well your 73 Urethane bumper certainly wasn't mounted with 71-2 mounting brackets. And your current 71-2 bumper could only be mounted to 73 mounting brackets with some serious (unrealistic) modifications. The only thing I can figure is maybe your chassis is actually 71-2My car came with the complete '73 front end including the 100lb urethane front bumper. I also did the complete front end conversion myself.
Well your 73 Urethane bumper certainly wasn't mounted with 71-2 mounting brackets. And your current 71-2 bumper could only be mounted to 73 mounting brackets with some serious (unrealistic) modifications. The only thing I can figure is maybe your chassis is actually 71-2
how much you think the old urethane bu,pers worth. theres one in local junkyard in great shape that i was going to get just to hold on to.
...why switch to a 71 clone? why go threw all the
work of switching the front end and grill.
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