Need help with 77 cosmetics
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Need help with 77 cosmetics
OK, I have traded around and came up with a 77 project car. My son says that he wants the car so it looks like I may have to keep it. I absolutley hate the way the rear section (rubber bumper) looks on these cars. Is there any kind of aftermarket bumper cover out there that resembles the 68-73 rear? I know I can't be the only person with this opinion on this issue. Has anyone else overcame this ugliness?
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try this one, it's an eckler's aftermarket bumper, still rubber (actually fiberglass) but (on my modest opinion) of a better design of the stock '77...
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Oh no, not again... 
The best (and in fact only viable) option is the 80-82 rear bumper with the integrated spoiler, or the slightly different variant of it shown above. Installing a 68-73 rear end on a 77 is major surgery. If you really want the rubber front/chrome rear look, sell the 77 and buy a 73.
The best (and in fact only viable) option is the 80-82 rear bumper with the integrated spoiler, or the slightly different variant of it shown above. Installing a 68-73 rear end on a 77 is major surgery. If you really want the rubber front/chrome rear look, sell the 77 and buy a 73.
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Panic,
Thanks for posting the pic and giving me the name of a source to check out. I appreciate you taking the time to do that.
I would like everybody to know that I'm not trying to clone a chrome bumper car with a worthless rubber bumper car. I just figured that there might be a kit or after market panel that would resemble the older rear ends. I went and did a search and found some threads where some poor guy was getting blasted for basically wanting to do the same thing I am asking about. No matter what I do to the car I know it will still be a 77 and I still won't be as cool as the guys that have real chrome bumpers. Everybody just relax; I just want to enhance the looks of my car. I'm in the car at a good price but I don't imagine that I could sell it for the money it would cost to buy a 73 or earlier.
Thanks for posting the pic and giving me the name of a source to check out. I appreciate you taking the time to do that.
I would like everybody to know that I'm not trying to clone a chrome bumper car with a worthless rubber bumper car. I just figured that there might be a kit or after market panel that would resemble the older rear ends. I went and did a search and found some threads where some poor guy was getting blasted for basically wanting to do the same thing I am asking about. No matter what I do to the car I know it will still be a 77 and I still won't be as cool as the guys that have real chrome bumpers. Everybody just relax; I just want to enhance the looks of my car. I'm in the car at a good price but I don't imagine that I could sell it for the money it would cost to buy a 73 or earlier.
