74 Comet Bumper Tuck

Got the bumper removed and it looks pretty straight forward. The magical question is how much is just right and how much is too much. A brief look I am thinking of 3.5" but hoping others can chime in and post a pic or two of the finished product

 

on Terry1 74' Comet the frame rails had a second set of holes, we just moved the bumper brackets back to those.
pics from top to bottom you can see how far they moved...

 

the holes we used were already there.

 

Going to go with the simple approach and move it back to the other set of holes like others suggested. Easy squeaky
What's the trick with cutting the stone guard or does it even need to be cut using the other holes?

 

it needs to be cut. we taped it up before cutting.

 

You could cut the front of the stone guard off in order to do a tuck as well.

 

how does that work?

 

'Works quite well. I've seen it done.

 

I was looking at the stone guard last night and was thinking it would be a whole lot easier to cut it from the front where it's tucked inside the bumper where the actual cut would be hidden. Seems like it would be better that cutting the exposed areas.
That being said, the metal plate that attaches to the bumper to the stone guard or vice/versa I'm guessing would need to be modified some as well.

 

It would have to be a pretty drastic tuck to get into the metal part.

 

Cut off the front of the stone guard using shears (the type one uses to cut vinyl siding). The bumper slides back...but the stone guard stays bolted to the same position.

 

you have to notch it or there is nothing to fill the gap between the bumper and fender.

 

no metal was cut for the tuck or the notch in our bumper tuck.

 

I see what you are saying....but doesn't that move the stone guard further UNDER the grill. How does it mount to the fenders?

 

The stone guard isn't supposed to move back, just the bumper. Trimming the front of the stone guard is necessary so the bumper has room to slide back (closer to the grill & fenders). I wouldn't mess with the fender notches on the stone guard.
Completely unnecessary from what I have observed.