72- 73 Rear Bumpers..??

[666 the legend]

..I have a 73 Cuda and I wanna make it tighter to the body...like the 72's..So..?? I just need to swap out the BUMPER BRACKETS...Correct..?? Or are the bumpers actually different..??

[Chryco Psycho]

you are correct the mount swap will pull the bumpers in , but I am not  sure on the bumper , I know the 74 is different not sure on the 73

[Moparal]

I know on a challenger that the brackets are different between 73 n 74, the bolt holes were different on the bumpers to. May be the same way on the barracuda line

[Chryco Psycho]

figured that , just wondered about the 72-73 mount

[Moparal]

I( put my 72 cuda bumper on my 70 brackets 2 yrs ago, but I believe 73 may be different

[burdar]

As far as I know the bumpers from 72-74 are the same.  73 and 74 may have an extra hole drilled in it for the bumper guards but they all have the holes for the newer style jack.  If you are installing 70 bumperets in place of the 73-74 bumper guards, you just have to fill the unused hole with an extra bumper bolt.

The 74 bumper uses a different bracket to mount it to the body but the accual bumper I believe is the same.  Just the bracket and the inner structure that bolts to the bumper is different.

You can use 72 brackets to move the bumpers in.  You can also cut the origonals, and then lap the joint and re-weld.  As far as moving in the fronts...you can drill out the square holes in the brackets to 5/8" and be done.

One more thing.  On the rear, if you move the bumper in...make sure to remove the triangular lisense plate bracket on the rear valence.  That bracket was used to space the plate out farther on 73-74 cars.

[Skeletoil]

73 was an animal all on it's own, huge bumper brackets compared to other years. Their is a thread on C-C.com about it.

[4Cruizn]

I have a 73 and all you need is 70-71 bumper brackets and a 70-71 bumper.  The 73 has different mounting holes. 

[hooD]

1973 model