Adding Fog Lights, How hard is it to add fog lights to a '73? Options

[Last930]

I like the looks of the early chrome front bumper with fog lights - how difficult is it to retrofit to a '73 an early chrome bumper without the rubber extensions and add foglights? Is the wiring already there in the existing wiring harness, or, do I need to add all the wiring to do this?

[malcolm2]

I have a 75 and backdated the bumpers and added the fog lights. the toughest part for me was making sure the light ended up being centered in the light grill. Light is mounted to the car, the grill is mounted to the bumper.

IIRC on my '75 there is a "step" formed into the body behind the bumper where the light mounts. I had to drill a hole for the bolt. I wonder if a '73 had the nut welded in for you?



This is a car a local guy was parting out a few years back. Believe it was a '73. You can see the "step".

There was a post that suggested the you attach a threaded rod or cut off bolt to the bumper vs. trying to push the bolt thru the body from inside the wheel well and thread into the bumper.

It makes it real easy to install and remove and install the bumper by yourself. when you are installing the lights you will need to test fit many many times. You know the old saying, "measure twice and cut once"? Oh yea, my 75 did not have fog lights, but it did have the connection on the wire harness.