I removed mine several months ago when I was buying a $100 small bumper + filler on Craigslist and then the guy decided the filler should be $50 extra and edited the ad to screw me after we had a deal. I never reinstalled the huge bumper because it was such a pain to get off. I filled in the bottom hole with mesh and just go with it until I can score a small bumper at a decent price. Any other members hate the huge bumper enough to delete it and drive without?
Nope, not me... Man, my dog sure looks young in this picture. So does that chick, WAIT, that is my WIFE!!! The car looks young too. Almost alll yellow, and still had the vinyl top.
* c o u g h * I didnt delete mine because I didnt like it, I deleted it because one of the bumper supports rusted in half I havent got a ticket yet for not having a front bumper, failure to display front license plates, or obstruction of view yet(5 1/2" tall scoop), although Im having a feeling once I get the car painted Ill be getting them. :/
No front plates? I just wire-tied them to the grill. That didn't last long. This was at my first drag race, and some guy walks up and says, "nice sounding maverick. I have a grabber on my property, you can have it if you want it." I get there and it has been completely submerged twice by salty hurricane flood waters, but I asked if I could take the small bumpers, mounting brackets, and grabber spoiler, and he said "I would rather you take the whole car." I said it was too rusty to tow home and I would end up with nothing but a front bumper after all the rust fell off onto the highway. Offered a hundred bucks and got the spoiler and extensions, small bumpers, and got to shoot 2 copperheads all in one afternoon! Moral of this story: Take the bumpers off and go racing, and the rest will come to you by Karma. By the way, that is 14" one-wheel peel smoke, not rich exhaust. Most likely THE stock tires. They didn't last even a couple weeks after this before I tossed the treads.
I still have my 73 bumper in the yard along with the enormous internal I beam and mounts that don't look the same. They aren't a matched set for some reason one side looks different.
Paint tank, taking the bumper off the comet to look like a maverick would look like taking the bumper off a pontiac and trying to make is look like a chevelle. I love mine... Would NEVER change it! Phil
I get it...hes implying that Paintank is trying to make his car look like a Maverick and not a Comet by doing what most big-bumper maverick owners do that dont like the big bumper look. Geez Im so tired...lol
