[Found!] ‘74 Duster Bumpers
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Is your rear bumper mounted with the "shock absorber" brackets or standard brackets? The '74 Dusters & Dart Sports I've had & seen have the shock absorber brackets in the rear and standard brackets in the front. Your rear bumper looks "tucked-in" as if with standard brackets. (like a '73) They don't interchange on the bracket styles.
Actually 74’s came with both shock mounted (8/73- approx 12/73) and standard (non shock) mounted front bumpers (~12/73-7/74). And those bumpers do not interchange, the bolt patterns for the brackets on the bumper are different. All ‘74 rear bumpers were shock mounted.
So you’ll need to specify whether that’s a shock mount front bumper or not, unless you get the crash reinforcement and brackets too…
So you’ll need to specify whether that’s a shock mount front bumper or not, unless you get the crash reinforcement and brackets too…
This is the original stock 74 bumper that is original to the car on my own home made brackets so it would be completely tucked in.
The front did not have shock mounts and the rear did.
The front is mounted on the car without the inner bumper and the rear is tucked in on home made brackets with the shocks removed…
Ok, so just make sure your replacement front bumper is for a '74 that came with non-shock mounted front bumper. Both the standard '73 and the shock mounted '74 front bumpers have their bolt holes in a different patterns than the non-shock mounted '74's.
'74 rear bumpers should all be the same, and may interchange with some of the later years too, not entirely sure though.
Can you send me a some pictures?
My bumpers were the shock type front and rear. I used a 71 valiant bumpers with their factory brackets. 1974 duster factory 360 4 gear car.
The good news - I have a good front bumper from a 74 Dart, and a good rear bumper from a 73 Dart Sport. I can check mounting on the front as I have the car. I can't help with the 73 bumper as it came to me loose (no car).
The bad news, I'm a looooooooooong way from New Jersey. Shoot me a PM if you'd like to discuss these.
The bad news, I'm a looooooooooong way from New Jersey. Shoot me a PM if you'd like to discuss these.
The fron number won’t work on a Duster
I have pretty straight front & rear bumpers on a 74 Duster that I won't be needing, but they need to be rechromed. Not sure about the front having the shock absorbers but I know the rear does. I am across the river from Trenton N.J. too! I can get pics. on the car they are coming from if you're interested. $80 for the pair.
That would be awesome thanks!
They look good. Ill
Take them. Let me know when I can pick them up
I'll remove them from the car tomorrow & you can get them any time after 3:00 during the week & any time on the weekend. You just need the bumpers, correct?
Just the bumpers, no brackets, no bumper guards. Just the 2 bumpers
Thanks. I have an office in Lawrenceville so myself or my sone can grab them. I have had a bunch people tell me there is a good chrome shop in Tennessee, but I’d like to see if there’s anybody local that could do them.
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