New Member - '74 small bumper swap - how to?

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  1. 71Mavrk

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    Any junk yards in your area? Probably used on multiple '70s Ford products.

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    You're right, I did find that same part number on other cars, Torinos I think, and others. And while it would be fun to hunt down these old timers in junk yards, like I did in the "old days", I'm not that young anymore, and there aren't that many 60s-70s cars left in the junk yards around here (south of San Diego, near the border with TJ). So I will get by using M22 star washers glued to large diameter fender washers, pretty sure they'll do the trick.
     
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    Hey guys, catching back up on this project. Finally got to where I might call it "DONE".

    Of course, ran into many slow-downs along the way, not least of which was the decision to paint the entire front radiator panel - scuff, rust-bust, prime and paint. Glad I did 'cause it looks much better behind the grill and bumper now.

    As I said above, my drilling skills for the new frame holes were amateur, resulting in imperfectly aligned holes, with the slop in the bracket holes I was able to align the new small bumper pretty well. The '74 vinyl stone guard cut down and painted flat black looks good behind the bumper, I think, I just hope the paint stays stuck to the vinyl.

    Next step is the valance - either a stock piece, or modified '65 Mustang valance, still thinking about it.... 20250227_144215.jpg 20250227_144229.jpg 20250227_144303.jpg

    A lot of lessons learned the hard way, happy to share with anybody else looking to do this swap. Thanks for all the support along the way!
     
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    ...and yes I still plan to black out those headlight bezels!
     
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