Putting older Bumpers/Fenders on a '74 Super

[windfish]

You really need to make drop brackets otherwise the bumpers end up too high, and a '75 with it's shock bumper mounts makes that a little harder 'cause you can't just do a slight mod to the commercially available '68 - '73 drop brackets.

Can message docswitzer, he did a nice job on his Super and has logged in recently; there's additional 'before' pictures and a couple of his first attempt brackets in his gallery, but none currently of the drop brackets.

[jarmchairpilot]

It's a lot of money and work,
I would just keep it stock, a super bug is a better driving car but uglier than a standard bug.
Add a set of aluminium tbars is what I would do and buy a nice Flat4 steering wheel with the money saved.
Remember you should be spending more time inside your Bug driving it than worrying about how it looks on the outside!
Good luck.

[ashman40]

[H2OSB]

[Chadabear]

It can be done. And very tasteful if done correctly. The conversion brackets will work, but you either have to modify them to fit the bumper bolt holes, or re-drill new holes to adapt to the bracket.

[ashman40]

@Chandabear, not clear from your pics but does the stock early style bumper span the entire width of the car in both the front and the rear? From your pics it looks like the front bumper is well within the width of the front fenders, but the rear appears just about the correct width as the rear fenders?

I bring it up because it was mentioned in the earlier thread that the front bumper was a custom stainless blade that was wider than stock to match the wider width of the SB.


I do like the retro look you have going there.
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[H2OSB]

My issue is the car is a '74 with shock absorber bumper brackets. Is the bolt pattern the same? Will the holes line up?

I had a '73 Super I recently sold. On that car, my son had had a minor fender bender and I replaced the fenders with ones from a '74 i had on hand. The holes absolutely did not align in a way that made brackets easy to design. This was the rear. I had no issues with '74 fenders on the front.

Your car looks outstanding, IMO!

H20SB
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[Chadabear]

[windfish]

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