Mod75

Time for a new front bumper, old one falling apart. Had this Eckler bumper for 30 years up in the attic.

Needs some work, but will work. Oh yes, stripping with razor blades makes one hell of a mess.

Going with a different color also, not sure yet. Waiting on new air conpressor, after 34 years my Craftsman crapped out. Going with 60 gal 3 hp this time

Denpo

Interesting headlight setup, is that a kit?

T Rush

isn't the actual "bumper" missing?
..I know you took off the "bumper cover" and are changing that...but shouldn't there be some crash protection stuff inside of the bumper cover that stays on the car?

(not familiar with what that year should have, my 74 has a big metal thing that that the bumper cover hides...did that later car have a big plastic cell structure thingy that attached to the front of the car, under the outer bumper cover?)

Mod75

two pics of the stuff behind the bumper, one on the car the other off. parts are backward on the floor, should be turned around. I guess all of it weighs 50- 70 pounds.

Most of it will go back on just a lot easier to work on it this way

Mod75

The head light thing was a kit, I think it was 140.00 in 1976, haven't seen anybody selling them lately. Easy to do, I will look in my papers for the company and see if they are still around, 35 years is a long time.

T Rush

ah, oh kay, and just for my personal database...thats a 1975 front bumper?...or is that a later year?

Mark G

Changing to square headlights was a relatively popular advertizment you'd see in the 80's Corvette mags. So was velour upholstery, fur on the dash, rear window louver and the Ecklers ground-effect kit. The headlight kit looks pretty good, though.

Mod75

Yes the bumper is an Eckler 1975 front bumper.

Yes the car was modded in 1975, bought it new, drove 5000 mile and added the Zl1 fender flares and L88 hood, modded the engine and trans. I wanted the hatchback kit but was not available at the time

No Velvet interior or Elvis painting on the car tho.

Yes I am old fart 63, i do have fur on my face, and yes i did this stuff in 1976.

Red 69

Thanks for the pics from another old fart of 62. I left all the front bumper crash stuff off my 79 to lighten the front end. Some of the 70's stuff mentioned is tacky, but you have kept all the timeless and pleasant to the eye mods IMO.

If anyone would like to make their own rectangular headlight conversion pop up system, it wouldn't be too difficult. 1980 vintage Camaro's used the same size rectangular headlights that are readily available at the salvage yard. I picked a complete system including bulbs, bulb cups, rings, springs and adjusters for $40. The hardest part is modding the fiberglass covers to accommodate the rectangular bulbs IMO. Fiberglass is relatively easy to work with, so with some measuring and making forms, a straight forward job.

When finished, post some pictures of the painted car, it looks awesome. I always liked the turbine wheels!

I bought a used set of the fixed rectangular buckets that had badly rusted bulb cups and needed replacement. NAPA has new chrome bulb rings for $53, but for a complete system @ $40 I can live with them painted.