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Hey Challenger1...I have a question for you. Not to take anything away from your thread but what is the correct color for the rear bumper filler panel between the bumper and the body on the 73-74 Challengers? My cars tail panel is argent and the filler looks to be argent on the middle, but it kind of faids out as it wraps around the side of the body. Should it be solid argent on the whole thing? I know the front panel is just a natural light gray. Thanks

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I beleive it should be light argent silver all the way around the rear. Never thought about the front, is it gray? I was thinking silver also? My 74 in the pictures was painted blue when the car was painted black back in the early 80s. I'm not in love with the paint job but it was new when I got the car.

Here's picture of the car I'm redoing now. I guess it looks gray up front? I'll look at the filler strips tonight to investgate and let you know.

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THe front just seems to be natural with no paint. Here is a pic from my thread that shows the front filler.

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I have all of mine in a box at home, I'll look real close at them and let you know what I find. I have some early bumper mounts so I was gonna move the bumpers in and not reuse them.

I like the early small bumperettes which I bolted on my 74 bumpers, just used a extra bumper bolt to fill the extra hole. I already have a fresh set of bumpers and bumperettes from Tri City that I ordered when they redid my 71 bumpers.

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why not!! its a 74 not worth that much, why put alot of time and money into a car that in the long run he will lose money, just makes no sence to me,i can see 70 or 71 challenger but not 72 to 74,

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u can have a 71 to 74 charger prob the worst body style ever made and some1 will look

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As for moving the bumpers in, I'm doing the same. I cut and reworked the rear brackets and re-drilled the holes in the front.

I'll also be going without the bumperettes, filling in all the holes. Haven't decided for sure yet, but may paint them body color.

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Nice job on shortening those bumper brackets Etek. That's a smart way of doing it, thanks for sharing that idea. Car look great, very clean.

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why not!! Its a 74 not worth that much, why put alot of time and money into a car that in the long run he will lose money, just makes no sence to me,i can see 70 or 71 challenger but not 72 to 74,

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Some folks such as myself could care less about the dollar value of a car. Lose money? Mine was purchased by my father for $2600 and change when it was 6 months old. I doubt it will ever be worth less than that. He left it to me when he died in early '08. What is it worth?? If its only dollars then I should call the salvage yard and have them come and get it to send to the crusher. But that's not my plan. Mine is only worth the memory of my father and that has no price tag. Yeah I don't like the extended bumpers, but as many have proved, you can fix that. Tail lights?? I think the 72 to 74 tail lights are the best looking of them all. The Grill?? Again, once the bumpers are put back where they belong (pulled in ) they're the meanest looking front ends on the road IMHO.

BTW, I'm wondering why no one else has brought it up before now, but how is it that an unregistered non-member is able to post in the first place Something smells trollish