My "new" '74 Duster- or why I need a project like a hole in the head

As it sits right now, no I wouldn't use a bumper jack on it. But I wouldn't use a bumper jack anyway, those things are scary. I keep a bottle jack under the spare tire. :D

I may rework that inner bracket, I have an idea to beef it up. I'd have to add another captured nut in the frame though if I really wanted it to work well. I may not worry about it, it holds the bumper on. I don't think those bumpers were that strong originally anyway from a collision standpoint.



Thanks! :thumbup:

I do what I can. Not all of its "pretty", but I'm not building a show car. I don't think I really understand show cars anyway. I like to drive the crap out of my cars, so most everything is function based.

You're right, they weren't very strong from a collision standpoint. That's probably why they went to the heavy impact bumpers in '74. I might leave my heavy bumper on for another year to help my new super stock springs settle......:D
And i agree with your philosophy of the show car thing, and going with a function based build. Driving them and driving the crap out of them is the most fun anyway. Who cares about rock chips? Not people like us! :glasses7:
Car shows just bore me anyway.......