71 & 72 rear tail light lens ?

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71 & 72 rear tail light lens ?

Post by Mopartoys » Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:53 am

Hello all.
Does the 71 tailight lens fit a 72 without having to change out the entire tailight assembly?
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Re: 71 & 72 rear tail light lens ?

Post by GETX » Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:28 am

No. 72 has a different Lens, housing, and bumper.

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Re: 71 & 72 rear tail light lens ?

Post by sdweatherman » Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:58 am

Correct - 71 and 72 bumpers are completely different, although I think a 71 bumper will fit on a 72 car and vise versa.
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Re: 71 & 72 rear tail light lens ?

Post by Moparlar » Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:14 pm

sdweatherman wrote:Correct - 71 and 72 bumpers are completely different, although I think a 71 bumper will fit on a 72 car and vise versa.
Rear valances are different also

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Re: 71 & 72 rear tail light lens ?

Post by SureGrip » Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:39 pm

I realized this the hard way...which is why I'm selling my '71 rear valance
One day - 1971 Road Runner clone

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Re: 71 & 72 rear tail light lens ?

Post by sdweatherman » Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:18 am

Good catch Larry! I forgot the 72 bumpers swoop down a bit below the tail lights.
Moparlar wrote:
sdweatherman wrote:Correct - 71 and 72 bumpers are completely different, although I think a 71 bumper will fit on a 72 car and vise versa.
Rear valances are different also

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Re: 71 & 72 rear tail light lens ?

Post by quapman » Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:26 am

Wow, I had no clue on the rear valance non-interchangability thing.

Thanks for the heads-up!

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