Excellent tutorial. I worked on a NASCAR team in the 70's- early 80's & this was an essential mod, especially during the 5mph. bumper era. EVERYTHING from Detroit then had those enormous, ugly bumpers. I wasn't a fabricator but i watched this done on Monte's & Caprice's. Cut it within the park lamp area each side (just like you're doing it) & it hides real well.
This came out very nice I have an 86 2dr I pushed the bumpers in haven't tucked them yet and yes the price of these cars are crazy thanks for the videos
would you be able to redrill the bracket on the gas strut to raise the bumper up and fill that space so you wouldn't really need a filler panel? Or make an adapter plate?
Yeah I could I'm just worried about it looking weird at the bottom of the fender. If I moved it up anymore the fender would be bellow the bumper. I'll come up with something eventually one of these years lol
@@Virginiaisforlowriders i look forward to seeing more of your content . thank you for sharing it. i send mines from all the way over here in modesto california
Oo yeah for sure .I've been saying for years doing Craigslist/marketplace transactions went from easy to know every one thinks they are negotiators and what they have is worth a million dollars.
@user-pm5ut9wr1h they cleared this car with no spacer, but this is a small lug pattern caprice. If it's a large pattern car like a caddilac, you have to grind the very edge of the caliper or run a thin spacer. I've never been a fan of the spacer .every Cadillac I've ever done I've just ground them down.
1970s Ford and Lincoln and Mercury, they have a square block mount and it's fused rubber on the inside you have to take the mounts off heat them up with a torch and compress them either with a press we use the bucket of a bulldozer in concrete and push downward until it collapsed then we heated it up some more and use chain and extracted the piece out of the square block then spray the rubber down really good with silicone take a razor blade and trim off the ends if you want to use that third hole that mounts to the frame and the upper position you'll need to slice off a portion and that takes a die grinder wheel it's a lot harder than the GM drill a hole. But my LTD looks much better with tucked bumpers. I've not found any Ford Lincoln or Mercury of the 1970s with the Chrome metal bumpers that have been tucked because it's a lot of work there are two bolt holes in there you can move it back an inch and a half but if you want to move it in 4 in like I did you got to do it the hard way and break that fused rubber it's like little rubber pucks on the inside of a square tunnel and you heat it up and compress it and when you finally extract the two pieces apart you'll see the square puck with a 1/8 of an inch of rubber still on the inside of the pipe there. What's great about me doing my forward and my Lincoln Continental so I'll have the only cars of that generation we talked bumpers cuz it was a lot of hard work. My GM cards they were simple you just drill a whole collapse it drill it second home put a screw in it and then adjust out the bumper to lift it up a little bit about an inch so in two and a half inches up an inch and they look great. I'm doing a 1976 Cadillac that's going to be even tougher cuz I have to change out the tail lights to Buick Electra to fill in the void so I don't have to use the horizontal plastic fillers the object is to totally delete all that filler on the back of the car. On the Ford cars you're going to keep some of that filler on certain bumpers like the LTD the back bumper only keeps some of the filler because the pointed tail lights and the flat trunk lid there's no bumper that covers up all the holes with a filler is so you simply slice off several inches of rubber filler, because Ford fillers of that ear are rubber they don't rot like the General Motors that were plastic did. and then put the bumper back on
Excellent tutorial. I worked on a NASCAR team in the 70's- early 80's & this was an essential mod, especially during the 5mph. bumper era. EVERYTHING from Detroit then had those enormous, ugly bumpers. I wasn't a fabricator but i watched this done on Monte's & Caprice's. Cut it within the park lamp area each side (just like you're doing it) & it hides real well.
That sounds like a badass job to have. Back when they where actual stock cars. Thanks for sharing !
You are so good God bless your heart keep up the good work I appreciate everything you teach
Looking good.
I wanna do this to my 75 Cutlass. It's a cool car that's only held back in style points by the massive bumpers.
That would be cool. 75s definitely have some giant bumpers back when they first tired to make cars "safe"
This came out very nice I have an 86 2dr I pushed the bumpers in haven't tucked them yet and yes the price of these cars are crazy thanks for the videos
Thank you and thanks for watching .
would you be able to redrill the bracket on the gas strut to raise the bumper up and fill that space so you wouldn't really need a filler panel? Or make an adapter plate?
Yeah I could I'm just worried about it looking weird at the bottom of the fender. If I moved it up anymore the fender would be bellow the bumper. I'll come up with something eventually one of these years lol
@@Virginiaisforlowriders oh that makes sense.
clean....
Thanks!
Thanks for the idea on my wagon. Wanted to find a way to make it not look like all the others.
Glad I could help
@Virginiaisforlowriders hey man tucked the rear bumper on my wagon and man does it look awesome
Damn that was quick !
@Virginiaisforlowriders I'm determined to have a badassss wagon lol
Great video!
Thank you !
Where do u purchase that custom trim removal tool??😂
It's a one off I had it custom made
Loving the content, what part of VA are you from? Roanoke here
Fredericksburg area and thanks!
Like how "careful" you were with the trim. Lol
I didnt want to mess it up gotta take your time !!
Nice work man
Thanks !
looks clean . i like the way you think
Thank you
@@Virginiaisforlowriders i look forward to seeing more of your content . thank you for sharing it. i send mines from all the way over here in modesto california
I'm glad you do . As of right now I'm posting once a week and hopefully this summer more then that .
What used to be a $400 daily beater has become $5k worth of classic car..... i blame richard rawlings and the garage shows.
Oo yeah for sure .I've been saying for years doing Craigslist/marketplace transactions went from easy to know every one thinks they are negotiators and what they have is worth a million dollars.
What size are your rims?
14s
Did you have to run a spacer in the front to clear the brakes? Or do they clear with the reverse offset?
@user-pm5ut9wr1h they cleared this car with no spacer, but this is a small lug pattern caprice. If it's a large pattern car like a caddilac, you have to grind the very edge of the caliper or run a thin spacer. I've never been a fan of the spacer .every Cadillac I've ever done I've just ground them down.
Kool thanks for the info. Love the channel!
No problem . Thank you
Nice lightings in the pic
Lights ?
Ok u got me “lightnings”*
Ooooooooooo the throw back picture yeahhhh
I’m tucking the bumpers on my chevelle
Nice!
The jokes suck the air out of the room
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1970s Ford and Lincoln and Mercury, they have a square block mount and it's fused rubber on the inside you have to take the mounts off heat them up with a torch and compress them either with a press we use the bucket of a bulldozer in concrete and push downward until it collapsed then we heated it up some more and use chain and extracted the piece out of the square block then spray the rubber down really good with silicone take a razor blade and trim off the ends if you want to use that third hole that mounts to the frame and the upper position you'll need to slice off a portion and that takes a die grinder wheel it's a lot harder than the GM drill a hole. But my LTD looks much better with tucked bumpers. I've not found any Ford Lincoln or Mercury of the 1970s with the Chrome metal bumpers that have been tucked because it's a lot of work there are two bolt holes in there you can move it back an inch and a half but if you want to move it in 4 in like I did you got to do it the hard way and break that fused rubber it's like little rubber pucks on the inside of a square tunnel and you heat it up and compress it and when you finally extract the two pieces apart you'll see the square puck with a 1/8 of an inch of rubber still on the inside of the pipe there. What's great about me doing my forward and my Lincoln Continental so I'll have the only cars of that generation we talked bumpers cuz it was a lot of hard work. My GM cards they were simple you just drill a whole collapse it drill it second home put a screw in it and then adjust out the bumper to lift it up a little bit about an inch so in two and a half inches up an inch and they look great. I'm doing a 1976 Cadillac that's going to be even tougher cuz I have to change out the tail lights to Buick Electra to fill in the void so I don't have to use the horizontal plastic fillers the object is to totally delete all that filler on the back of the car. On the Ford cars you're going to keep some of that filler on certain bumpers like the LTD the back bumper only keeps some of the filler because the pointed tail lights and the flat trunk lid there's no bumper that covers up all the holes with a filler is so you simply slice off several inches of rubber filler, because Ford fillers of that ear are rubber they don't rot like the General Motors that were plastic did. and then put the bumper back on
Glad i seen this. Getting ready to tuck bumpers on my 77 ltd and lose a few vertical inches as well.