front bumper rail 1973 comet gt

Hello!

I took off the front chrome bumper on my 1973 mercury comet gt...i also took off the little plastic/rubber thing that goes between the chrome piece and the front grill. Well i am not really a fan of the bumper sticking out like that, is their any way to kind of push it in? Or do i have to get something cut and welded?

Thanks!!

 

Sure is. Search for "bumper tuck".

 

Yep! What he said. I did the bumper tuck on mine....

 

Yeah. It's at bumper truck.

 

if you can the easiest thing to do is buy 72 bumpers and brackets but good luck finding them. otherwise theres brackets they sell that will fit you bumpers I believe

 

I am a big fan of a mild bumper tuck on a 73. The front bumper, while bigger, looks good set back a bit ... if you are blocking the side marker in the fender, you have gone too far. Play with it a bit, especially looking at the profile of the car. There is a sweet spot where it looks really good. The hood overhangs the grille a bit, and the bumper still needs to be a bit away from the grille a like amount.

Here is a picture of a tuck that was done well ... moved back 1.75 inches ...

http://mmb.maverick.to/gallery/files/1/8/8/3/3/101_0539_original.jpg

If you swap to an earlier thin front bumper, you will probably want to change to the 70-72 valance with the smaller opening too.

You can do a tuck on the rear bumper, too. Your rear bumper is the same as 70-72, but you will need to swap to earlier brackets, and then get earlier quarter extensions, and the small filler pieces that go under them and the bumper.

 

soooo...do i have to get a 1972 bumper with the new brackets? Or is it possible to just kinda push the two I-Beams holding the front bumper to the frame via brackets?

 

I searched bumper tuck, and was surprised that I only got a few results.

I like the 73 front bumper and would keep it if I were to ever get a 73 car. I seem to remember folks discussing the tuck, saying that you can gut some of the works out of there and reconfigure it, but I have never really looked at what is there.

Somebody who has done this, ... help him out here.

EDIT .... here is a thread with some clues .... http://mmb.maverick.to/showthread.php?t=84331&highlight=bumper+tuck&page=2