"BIG" Bumpers

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  1. DAB

    DAB MAVERICK/COMET ENTHUSIAST

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    Craig and I were wondering the other day about the bumper mounts on a Big-bumpered Comet: Couldn't the same mount be used universally on a Maverick if you used the two front holes instead of the two rear holes as on a Comet?

    Does anyone have a Maverick with a 4-hole mount?

    Here's a 2 hole Maverick mount:
     
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    DAB MAVERICK/COMET ENTHUSIAST

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    Here's a 4-hole Comet mount:
     
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    mine are two hole and so are the ones that maverick nutt let me have
     
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    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    That looks like a bridge support.
     
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    Well the old brackets from when my car had 73 style bumpers look very similar, if not the same as the ones from the BIG bumper cars. Mine is a Maverick and has 4 holes like the Comet one in the pic.
    -Corbin
     
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    littleredtoy Seth

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    Hmmm....

    ..I didn't know that there was a difference.

    I still don't understand what the difference is.
    I don't have a pic of the number of holes in
    mine.

    I used the bumper mounts from a '73 Maverick
    to do my '74-'73 bumper swap on my Comet.
    They bolted up easily.
    The bumper mounts from the '73 Maverick looked
    the same as the ones on my '74 Comet.

    I deleted the heavy piece that was 'inside' of the
    bumper. I hope that I don't hit anything, that
    bumper is pretty flimsy without the reinforcement.

    Seth
     
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