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Moving the rear bumper in.

Doug Larsson

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I took the rear bumper off and installed the other brackets (71-72) on and it's better than what it was but for me to get it to a 1/4" gap like the front your defiantly going to do like the Hot Rod article and cut some material away and re-weld it. So there's more work to be done but for now I'm not going to worry about I'll work on it in the winter. I'll re paint the rusty brackets before installing it for good.

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I took the rear bumper off and installed the other brackets (71-72) on and it's better than what it was but for me to get it to a 1/4" gap like the front your defiantly going to do like the Hot Rod article and cut some material away and re-weld it. So there's more work to be done but for now I'm not going to worry about I'll work on it in the winter. I'll re paint the rusty brackets before installing it for good.

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If you are going to modify the brackets to get the gap tighter,use the 73 brackets to cut up. The 71/72 brackets will be worth something to someone. Most people are swapping out the 73/74 brackets.
 
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