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someone posted on the fueslage website that they didn't care for the 73 grille noted above because "it appeared to be a car cobbled together to meet a mandate (bumper regs for 1973)". do you agree? it is quite different from the loop bumper we are all familiar with
I would agree with you. I remember the first time I saw a car with those bumpers, it was a Chevy Chevelle/Malibu, this was in late 1972, I was not old enough to drive yet, but I thought the front end on them was ugly. I also know they came out with the extended bumpers for the rear in 1974 and I thought it was even uglier.
If I remember correctly, they also had problems with those hydraulic shocks in the bumpers exploding, I believe it was on some GM cars.
i remember as a little 10 year old in the school library i used to read articles and ads about the new 73's that were coming out for the next model year. it was so exciting to see the new GM lineup of mid sized cars. Election Day of 72 my folks took me into a Chrysler Plymouth showroom to see the new 73's--looking at cars today is nothing like back in those days. to see showooms and lots full of huge Mopars--what a sight
i remember as a little 10 year old in the school library i used to read articles and ads about the new 73's that were coming out for the next model year. it was so exciting to see the new GM lineup of mid sized cars. Election Day of 72 my folks took me into a Chrysler Plymouth showroom to see the new 73's--looking at cars today is nothing like back in those days. to see showooms and lots full of huge Mopars--what a sight
Although the quality on Chrysler products was not quite as good as it was on GM and Ford models, they still are very beautiful cars. My father looked at a 1974 Chrysler Imperial back when they were new and in the dealer showroom. I forgot exactly what it was that turned him away, it may have been the salesman. My father ended up getting a used 1973 Ford Thunderbird from a different dealership, and it had the big ugly bumpers.
LOL.. it's hard to imagine those cars in the show rooms with the price stickers on the windows, the new car smell, most of those are probably sitting in junk yards err.. Salvage Yards.. now..
"The 1973 model year passenger cars sold in the U.S. used a variety designs. They ranged from non-dynamic versions with solid rubber guards, to "recoverable" designs with oil and nitrogen filled telescoping shock-absorbers.[3] The standards were further beefed up for the 1974 model year passenger cars with standardized height front and rear bumpers"
"The 1973 model year passenger cars sold in the U.S. used a variety designs. They ranged from non-dynamic versions with solid rubber guards, to "recoverable" designs with oil and nitrogen filled telescoping shock-absorbers.[3] The standards were further beefed up for the 1974 model year passenger cars with standardized height front and rear bumpers"
The '73 bumper (front only) was only a slight change from the previous year. '74 was the year when bumpers suddenly looked like a railroad tie strapped to the front of the car.
The '73 bumper (front only) was only a slight change from the previous year. '74 was the year when bumpers suddenly looked like a railroad tie strapped to the front of the car.
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