1973 Hornet Hatchback

It's been a little while, sorry about the broken picture links. Have been off the forum for a couple months and only recently did I discover the whole photobucket thing, hopefully I'll get those pictures back up somewhat soon. Anyway, progress has been made. The bumper tuck is nearly complete, the only thing left to do is have the shocker absorbers welded in place, and maybe make a much smaller fill panel if I feel it's necessary. I was able to push the bumper back about 2 3/8" from where it originally was with some slight modifications to the bumper core in order to clear the valance. there were also some tabs with 1/2" holes on the bottom of the bumper itself that needed to be cut off to clear valance. Someone had already drilled holes in the top of the bumper for fog lights i'm guessing, so I wasn't really worried about extra modifications to make it work. 

Thanks for the positive feedback! If anyone is interested I have pictures of what needs to be trimmed for the bumper to go back that far.

In other news, a big purchase was made last weekend, this 1977 Jeep Wagoneer.  It will donating it's 401 and likely it's turbo 400 to the hornet (would like to have an overdrive, but depending on budget that may not happen). I almost feel bad, but It would never pass smog and the rear differential is failing, so it seems like the perfect candidate. I was expecting the 401 to need to be rebuilt, but it sounds good and doesn't smoke at all, so It may just end up going straight in depending on what oil pressure and compression numbers are. (Don't worry, I checked the block casting and it is a 401) 

I hope you didn't junk the Wagoneer. Have you seen what they're going for lately?

beautiful car!! front bumper looks great! going to put a front spoiler on it?