73 big *** bumper fix

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Frodee

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So, sitting in my garage on my easy chair looking at the front of my 73 Scamp with my new spoiler design I had a hard time looking at my stock front bumper and decided to change it. I took the bumper off and made a fiberglass lower off the bumper and made a cover and painted it body color. Not wanting to hack up my car but leave it so it can be put back to original by just removing the fiberglass glue on covers. picture is not that good but I like the way it turned out.

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Frodee said:
So, sitting in my garage on my easy chair looking at the front of my 73 Scamp with my new spoiler design I had a hard time looking at my stock front bumper and decided to change it. I took the bumper off and made a fiberglass lower off the bumper and made a cover and painted it body color. Not wanting to hack up my car but leave it so it can be put back to original by just removing the fiberglass glue on covers. picture is not that good but I like the way it turned out.

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That looks great! Can't imagine changing that look ever.
 
Frodee said:
So, sitting in my garage on my easy chair looking at the front of my 73 Scamp with my new spoiler design I had a hard time looking at my stock front bumper and decided to change it. I took the bumper off and made a fiberglass lower off the bumper and made a cover and painted it body color. Not wanting to hack up my car but leave it so it can be put back to original by just removing the fiberglass glue on covers. picture is not that good but I like the way it turned out.

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Very nice work!!
 
That is impressive, makes the bumper look like a 72 with a lower valance...from a distance
 
Princess Valiant said:
That is impressive, makes the bumper look like a 72 with a lower valance...from a distance
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That's what I thought and looking forward to getting it outside to have a better look.
15*f below here and snow so will have to wait till spring. :thumbsup:
 
This gives me an idea for 73 & later Duster/Valiants/Darts with the ugly front bumpers.
Thanks for the good idea. Yours looks pretty good to me.
 
Pound said:
Damn, that is sweeeet! I really like that treatment
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Thanks Pound I think I'm going to glue it on soon. I could make more for sale but thinking it's not worth the effort.
 
That looks great, sure makes that big bumper look smaller.
 
Frodee said:
Double back tape and think it will hold really good.
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Make a backup set just in case it doesn't. I was actually curious if bonding at least two bolts into your pieces (maybe one or two) to locate in the existing lower bumper holes?
 
A56 said:
Make a backup set just in case it doesn't. I was actually curious if bonding at least two bolts into your pieces (maybe one or two) to locate in the existing lower bumper holes?
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Almost did that but I think the double back tape will work fine.
I can make new ones I have another bumper I can take a mold off it if I need to.
 
Interesting.

One of my highest compliments is "looks like something the factory might have done".

So there you go.
 
Frodee said:
Double back tape and think it will hold really good.
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Double sided tape and maybe a bead of polyurathane, pretty much how any body kit is held to a modern car. Looks great have though similar for duster would look good
 
niceolddart said:
This gives me an idea for 73 & later Duster/Valiants/Darts with the ugly front bumpers.
Thanks for the good idea. Yours looks pretty good to me.
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Seen some place a guy use a commaro lip on a duster looked good, i want something similar
 
Ozyduster said:
Double sided tape and maybe a bead of polyurathane, pretty much how any body kit is held to a modern car. Looks great have though similar for duster would look good
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Good Idea thanks.
 
It would make it look like a valance panel if you painted the air dam and had those covers wrap around the bumper ends as well.
 
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