73 Duster bumper swap ?

Swingers, Scamps, etc. seem to be a year ahead of the Dusters and Sports when it comes to bumpers with "regular" brackets and bumpers with the "shock absorber brackets". All of the '73 Dusters and Sports I've seen have regular brackets front & rear. All the '74 Dusters and Sports I've seen had the "shock absorber brackets" in the rear only. '75 and later had them front and rear and I've seen a lot!

It may be possible that some very early cars had previous year bumpers/brackets and/or very late model year cars had the following year's bumpers/brackets. But I've also seen the years get mixed up many times in ads. As old as these cars are, some may have been converted and/or been in wrecks and repaired!

The contours between '72 and '73 bumpers and brackets appear too different to interchange. But the whole assembly may bolt-up. May not look right though.

I think some people are also mixing up the exterior rubber bumpers/guards/whatever with the shock absorber brackets that go between the bumper and fram .in this discussion.