While I was out in the garage buttoning up a few small things I was thinking about the push-bars that I am going to build. I have the steel, I have a small home hobbyist arc welder that I bought to teach me how to weld that will be perfect for this job.
A dead give away that the car is not a real ’74 is the front bumper. There are several differences, but the biggest is that my car does not have the chrome separations that a real ’74 would have
One of the first things I took off of the car when she was still a Royal were the front bumperettes, since they were located right where the push-bars would eventually go.
Looking at the movie screenshot above you will see holes in the bumper where there bumperettes would have been installed.
LIGHT BULB COMES ON!!!
I’ll use the bumperettes I have stored away and install them where the ’74s would have been, hiding the obvious lack of separation!
Using highly scientific and secretive methods I marked the spots to drill with special “magic” markers by squinting my eyes and making a guesstimate of where the hole should be.
Used some masking tape for guide lines.
Then used a step drill-bit to drill the hole to the right size and mount the bumperettes.
Another detail that I wanted to mimic was that turnsignal/parking light covers on the ’74 had lines on them that carried over the grille theme, while the ’75s did not.
I masked off the passenger side marker and cut lines in the tape to remove and expose the plastic. Sprayed some of my favorite Krylon Bright Aluminum paint (two or three light coats) and let it dry.
Wah-Lah!
I purposely did not do the drivers side, as in the movie the car was missing it’s cover. I don’t want that level of detail! I want a light that will work and not get me popped by the real cops out there!
Here is a collection of pictures of some of the smaller details I did.
