Shirley1978

well ive been busy lately, over the last month ive been putting on a 73 front bumper on my 78. heres some of the things i had to do. enkienvette (adam) did it first, so hes the pioneer not me .

the starting point

cutting the old bumper off

test fit




have to make this out of fiberglass to fill the gap

had to cut the crash bar and honeycomb



bolts for the bumper

test fit

Shirley1978

gluing it on.. smc compatable..



sanded

applying fibertec

sanding


more filler



final sanding before puddy

Shirley1978

puddy


primer


DONE

Lester B

Looking good, I am in the process of doing a similar thing. I have replaced the poly bumpers with fibreglass on 77. Ground out all the joints and fibreglassed in to give the seamless look. Think it will be well worth it in the end.
Its alot more work than it looks, but then bodywork always seems to be.....
Keep up the good work

Shirley1978

thanks

i worked on this thing 2 days a week for a month, so all together im guessing i have around 60 hrs worth of work in it all together... im really glad i took my time tho.. wouldnt have come out the same if i rushed.

Reggie Dunlop

Awesome! I dig the '73 front. What about the rear of the car?

Shirley1978

well a 73 rear would be abit more 'involved'...

im actually not sure yet, the rear is fine now but eventually ill change that out for fiberglass also. cant decide whether i want the 80s tyle or if im going to stay with my style but with out the bumperets..

neuroclast

Looks like you did a great job with a lot of work. I'm curious though... with all that work, why not put a chrome bumper on it? :]

Vampyre

That looks great, I like it...

Shirley1978

im wierd.. i dont like chrome

jlaw68

its worth the trouble and effort in the end!

Bee Jay

Jlaw, I can't see your grill. Do you have another, better lit picture of your front bumper/grill area.
Bee Jay