74 Bumper

Dugster,

It depends what year your car is. A '73 takes "conventional" bumper brackets and may also have a reinforcement between the brackets and bumper. If it's like the front on a '73 and '74 Duster, the reinforcement plate can be removed and the bumper can be bolted directly to the brackets.

1974-76 rear bumpers had the "shock absorber" brackets with a very heavy reinforcement sandwiched between them and the bumper. You can't remove the reinforcement plate because those bumpers won't bolt up to the "shock absorber" brackets. '73 bumpers have a different bolt pattern than '74-'76.