Who knows 74 GTOs?
 

I wanna lighten mine up. Can I put bumpers/brkts from a 68-72 Nova on my 74 GTO?? Don't worry, I'll save all the orig. parts. THX

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No (well maybe but i dont think it will look good), but you can lighten the stock bumpers and get rid of the bumper shocks and move it in closer to the body.

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I have lightened and moved the front bumper in, still havent gotten to the rear but will eventually. Its amazing how much weight you can take out of these bumpers

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I don't like the way the originals look. Very clumsy looking.

The nova bumpers have a different contour so i dont think they would look good, imo.

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If you search posts by me, look for a minitubbing thread and you might see some pics of my front bumper moved in.

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You can move them in but then it messes with the filler panels. Pulling the inner bracing from both the front and back bumpers, removing the 5mph mounts/shocks will net you some serious weight reduction. You can make your own brackets to remount the bumper "shells". My front bumper assembly now weighs around 35-40lbs with my new mounts attached compared to the almost 85lbs it was prior. And that doesn't include the 15lbs a piece for the OEM bumper shock mounts. Roughly the same numbers for the rear bumper. I've done this to both cars. The only way to go lighter is fiberglass. I have those for mine but haven't installed them yet. With those, I'll make aluminum mounting brackets to maximize the weight reduction even more.
There is a bunch of spots on these cars that you can lose some weight, just depends on what you want to do.

But back to your original question about 68-72 bumpers?? No.
There are a ton of subtle differences between the 68-72 X bodies over the 73-74 X bodies.

I was told that the bumper on my '74 Vent was a Nova bumper. It was there, when I bought the car.

Thats a 68-72 Bumper. More than likely a Nova. 71-72 Venturas had a little bit of a curve to them, I think. But DEFINITELY not a late 73, 74 bumper.

That doesn't look bad to me at all. Better than the battering ram that's on mine now!!

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VFN makes a fiberglass front bumper, it weighs 4 lbs. http://www.vfnfiberglass.com/73-74gto.htm