72 bumper on a 73

[legolen]

i have a 73. I picked up a set of 72 rear bumper brackets at Carlisle last year to pull the bumper in and get rid of the filler strip. If I switch to a 72 rear bumper as well, will the rest of my 73 hardware bolt up? Tail lights, license plate fuel door etc.
It may be cheaper to buy a new 72 bumper in place of trying to get the 73 bumper redone if the rest of the parts I have can still be used.
Thanks

[odzking]

I believe the only difference in the 72 vs 73 bumper is the slots for the jack stand. 73 does not have them 72 does (I believe).

[Nacho-RT74]

the bumper with its brackets will be a plug and play

72s got a slots... unique for this year. 73/74 uses same J kind jack, but bumpers get a notch on bottom, not anymore the slot. If you are bolting up the 72, just keep it like it is with full assembly

73/74 of course got the provisions for the fillers where 71/72 not.

if you are keeping the 73 tail light assembly, match the license plate related items with the tail lights. They got some differences too. some important ( like the bottom license plate holder lenght ), some other not

sometimes the 73/74 gas filler tube gets into clearence problems with license plate using the 71/72 bumper brackets

[legolen]

Thanks for all the info. I'll have to do some price comparisons at Carlisle next month