Can i swap my front bumper of my 73' Comet GT?

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  1. TreyF77

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    I have a 73' Comet GT that has the larger front bumper, can i change it to the smaller front bumber? And how would i go about doing that?
     
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    Basically the early years have front fenders with notches cut in them where the bumper wraps the body. Plus they have unique brackets and filler panel. Being that you have a 73 instead of the usual 74-77 big bumper cars I would suspect that you would have less to deal with since you already have the lower front apron. Sorry that I am not a ton of help, but if you search the site you'll a lot of bumper swap threads.

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    73's have a medium front bumper not large like the 74-77 Mavericks, Comets. It looks just as good or better than the 70-72 Bumpers. So in my opinion you should leave it alone. ;)
     
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    go to the search mode and type in small bumper change.:)
     
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    Bumper mounts for '73 are totally different than the '72 and earlier. Front lower valence is different as well. You would need a unique and hard to find front bumper for a Comet(71 or 72) and all mounting hardware. Fenders would need to be notched to be correct.
    *'73 and up there were shared front bumpers for Comets and Mavs-with '73 being a 1 year deal. '71 and '72 have a Comet only front bumper.
     
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