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ScampMike said:
I just found a couple of nice pics of the back ends of a 73 and a 74 - - not so sure they are that much different..
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they are a lot different ....try taking each one apart. The structures behind the bumpers are completely different. The bracing in the trunk is different ...where the bumper mounts on the later one is also different. you can convert one way or the other but its going to be changing tail panels and some work involved
 
M2 shared a recipe for Chicken Chili this morning. I had the ingredients. Damn it's good! Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

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Rainy Day Auto said:
they are a lot different ....try taking each one apart. The structures behind the bumpers are completely different. The bracing in the trunk is different ...where the bumper mounts on the later one is also different. you can convert one way or the other but its going to be changing tail panels and some work involved
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oh yea yea - I was more looking at the quarter panel... ignore the tail panel and bumpers...
 
Rainy Day Auto said:
many people don't realize the marker location slightly changed after 74 when they went to the body mounted tail lights
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Went through that wit the Pop glad I saved the old metal, had to go with 2 door panels I could not find 4 door.
Rani I sent you a PM.
 
MomsDuster said:
The really funny part is for it to go from Oakland to Sacramento it had to drive within 200 yard of my house!
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I think something is up at the Sacramento hub. That's how one of the calendars I sent you wound up in WA state for a week.
 
Well I think I got everything pretty squared away on the drivers side, I will have to modify the quarter just a little bit to get the 70 to mount flush. It is about an inch too short length wise. But I can make it work, the quarter even if I had stuck with the 74 tail panel would have been too short by an inch. I'd heard one of the reasons they stopped stamping the 73-76 panels were because something was wrong with the die, I'm guessing this maybe it. Some work to do yet though on the passenger side but lots done today even with the hospital trip

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straightlinespeed said:
Damn it your going to make me read back to find out about the hospital trip arent you..... I dont like going backwards!
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Yeah my 3yr fell off the top of some playground equipment at preschool and bruised herself up
 
dukeboy_318 said:
Yeah my 3yr fell off the top of some playground equipment at preschool and bruised herself up
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I just found that. Ouch! Hope she is ok... Reminds me of the metal playground equipment in grade school. I dont know how many kids I watched fall and break something... Ohhh the good ol days
 
dukeboy_318 said:
Well I think I got everything pretty squared away on the drivers side, I will have to modify the quarter just a little bit to get the 70 to mount flush. It is about an inch too short length wise. But I can make it work, the quarter even if I had stuck with the 74 tail panel would have been too short by an inch. I'd heard one of the reasons they stopped stamping the 73-76 panels were because something was wrong with the die, I'm guessing this maybe it. Some work to do yet though on the passenger side but lots done today even with the hospital trip

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That's AMD? For the price of their panals that's BS. I'd be looking for some coin back if you are sure it's off that much.
 
zkx14 said:
That's AMD? For the price of their panals that's BS. I'd be looking for some coin back if you are sure it's off that much.
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Yes sir, new in box looking at the marker lights closely, I think they shipped me a quarter for a 71/72. My marker lights are higher and 4 inches farther forward on the stock 74 than the new quarter. It's not a big deal as they are gonna get welded shut any way. The wheel opening lines up perfectly as does the jamb. Its almost like the last 1 inch of the panel cut cut off and bent over to make the quarter extension flange.
 
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