Did you have to replace your front fenders on your 73 in order to use that 71 chrome bumper? I thought of doing that on my 73 but I was under teh impression that in order to do so, I had to use 71 (or maybe 72) front fenders .
The previous owner did it, sorry not sure.
I have a 72 Mach I, same colour. Curious, is the chrome bumper a simple bolt on? I kind of like it. It’s growing on me!
I believe you would need to change the mounting brackets too, but I'm not sure because it was done by the previous owner about 8 years ago. I can try to add a picture of the mounts tomorrow.
72 Grande 351 C FMX
I did the swap to the 71 bumper and brackets. Yes, you have to change out the fenders & the brackets. Pic 1 shows a 71 complete assy. next to the 73 urethane bumper & brackets. The 71 complete assy. is 35 lbs (even with the bolts). The 73 The bumper alone is @ 75 lbs + each telescoping bracket is 23 lbs. This is very bad ballast that far in front of your front wheels. I saved @ 90lbs. Picture 2 shows you a blue 71 fender vs a 73 brown fender. The 73 notches are smaller for the heavy battleship bumper. Once you get this together, the rear bolt and nut plate assy will line up fine, however, the front bolt hole will limit how far back you go. It's best to relocate the forward hole a little further back and a little higher for a good tight fit.
