hello all. im new to the forum. i am 16 and am in the process of refurbishing a 1973 Grande and there is a part which i cannot seem to find. its a rubber peice at the back of the quarter pannel that fits inside the bumper. my questions are what is this peice called and where do you suppose i could find it? thanks.
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I am having the owner of Mostly Mustangs looking for me. They are a filler panel but he is not sure if they are still reproducing them. I will check with him this week.
69 Rustang
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The one pictured looks repairable. There are urethane body fillers for flexible parts, That plus some primer with lots of flex additive and it should be good to go unless there is something I can't see with that picture.
Platonic Solid
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Negative. Bumper Guards are just that - Vertical chrome things that IMHO look like crud and theoretically protect the bumper.
If anyone has a 73 shop manual, it will be in there. I only have the 72 which doesn't use this piece. 72 has a rubber piece on the lower front fender behind the bumper (which 73 does not have) which is called a "splash shield". So maybe they call it a "rear splash shield"
.I'm pretty sure you're SOL as far as repro's go since this part is only used in 73.
Platonic Solid
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Your part number is correct for 73 "Bumper Guard Moldings" which are the rubber parts on the exterior of the bumper guard which looks like this:
Platonic Solid
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I believe the only thing you have to do is replace your 73 bumper mounting brackets with 71-72 brackets.
Save or sell the 73 brackets as they are not available as repro's.
Naturally, you'll have to weld the holes closed that the rubber pieces mounted to.
You'll probably have to remove the long filler plate (not sure exactly what it's called) that sticks straight back from left to right.
Save or sell the 73 brackets as they are not available as repro's.
Naturally, you'll have to weld the holes closed that the rubber pieces mounted to.
You'll probably have to remove the long filler plate (not sure exactly what it's called) that sticks straight back from left to right.
Oooops Yes I made a mistake,
That part number I posted came up me reading it wrong in the book .
I should have been more careful
This is the part that bolts to the upper Quarter panel extension.
D3ZZ- 17837-A (RH)
D3ZZ- 17838-A ( LH)
Paint to match with elastomeric paint
Platonic Solid
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Mustangs Unlimited is picturing the wrong rear bumper guards since the ones in your diagram are much shorter.
Mil1ion, do you have all the Mustang manuals?
What resource do you get the D3ZZ- 17837-A (RH) and D3ZZ- 17838-A ( LH) part numbers from?
Mil1ion, do you have all the Mustang manuals?
What resource do you get the D3ZZ- 17837-A (RH) and D3ZZ- 17838-A ( LH) part numbers from?
The part he is looking for is 1973 specific. In 1973 to meet federal crash standards the rear bumper was positions father away from the car and those plastic or rubber corner fillers were meant to take a 2.5 MPH hit without damage to the car. The part numbers provided are correct however, good luck finding them new, used they should be easy to find as every 1973 produced had them.
D3ZZ- 17837-A (RH)
D3ZZ- 17838-A ( LH)
D3ZZ- 17837-A (RH)
D3ZZ- 17838-A ( LH)
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