74 Five MPH Front Bumper & Shocks

I'm thinking of "tucking" the front bumper on my 74 Duster. I've read where removing the rubber filler and collapsing the shocks to move it back. I've also read that it doesn't move it back enough to look right and if I read the post correctly it might even make it look worse.
To do anything with it you basically have to destroy parts that may have some value to someone. An other solution is to get a 73 bumper and brackets to make it look "right". I also saw where someone drained the shocks, took out the guts, sectioned them some too move the his bumper back, as well as cutting away as much of the heavy backer to make the bumper as light as possible... lots of work for little reward as it seemed he only gained an 1"or so. Mods to our cars, at least for me are a "Catch 22" in that I need to spend money to get the 73 parts, then more often then not, I'm stuck with perfectly good parts laying around. I have a 72 bumper for the rear that I need brackets for and a 74 back bumper without mounts. Both 74 bumpers are pretty nice. Is there a market for the 74 stuff? If there is I might put back together as a 74 and look for 73 stuff at Carlisle.
Thoughts? :popcorn: