I did this too. I used my '74 bumpers AND brackets. Redrilled the front brackets like mentioned. I posted some pics in this thread:
Snug Your Bumpers Up Cut, overlapped then welded rear brackets to shorten them up. I then used the nice chrome bumperettes to fill the holes in valance where those huge and ugly 5 mph bumperettes were. I had to make the mounting brackets for those as no factory bracket would allow the 70-71 bumperettes to line up nicely on the '74 bumper. I have sets of the cuda bumperettes and mounting brackets for them if you need. I thought maybe cuda stuff could be modified to work but never used them.
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I realize this is an old post (actually found it googling for ideas
) but just curious about your procedure. Did you delete the inboard brackets? I found that they hit the frame ends before it moves an inch. I am moving them 2". What about the reinforcement bar? I considered deleting this too but it seems just using the outboard brackets and no reinforcement, it wouldn't take much of a bump to really booger up the bumper. I'm done with the rear (Easy, I just cut the brackets and welded in a piece of 2" tubing that I had drilled to bolt up to stock holes.) I will post the whole project on my "Member's Projects" thread when complete.
Anyway, thanks for any input. Hope ResQ911 sees this
Image of front: just hanging on bracket. Need new bumper bolts...
