Rapom's Rocket - just another Duster build thread
This is out of sequence with the electrical mods which I should have been working on instead. But it is progress so I'll let you in on what I got done recently. I've been following 72bluNblu's build thread on his '74 Duster and one of his latest updates was about replacing the '74s rear bumper with an earlier version. I've had a '72 stashed in the rafters for years with this idea in mind but because my stock bumper was in much better shape I never did the swap. I did eliminate the shocks and plastic spacer thing on the '74 which sucked the bumper in 1.5" but was never happy with the way the ends stuck out past the body lines. The wife was working last weekend so with nothing to do I headed out to the shop just to tidy up the mess that was accumulating. Looking at the bumper ends poking out inspired me to dig the '72 bumper out for another look. One thing led to another and before I knew it it was installed. I'm committed to it now as I chopped up my '74 mounts to build new ones for the '72. It's not quite finished yet as I have a little welding and fitting to do. I'll get some picks up this weekend once it's finalized.