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31 RPU · 08-17-2014, 05:57 PM

Is there a difference in the front and rear bumpers? I have the bumperettes but was considering going with bumpers like the front. Seems I remember someone saying the lengths were different?

CarlG · 08-17-2014, 06:33 PM

Here's mine: (bolts on the same as the bumperetts would.)

Mike V. Florida · 08-17-2014, 11:09 PM

On vehicles with full length bumpers front and rear, they are the same length.

mot · 08-18-2014, 11:21 AM

remember
you must put a spacer where the little bracket for the bumperettes attach to
other wise the cross brace will pull the bumper arms in
see marcos pictures of that area, and in the JS

31 RPU · 01-10-2015, 06:47 AM

Btt

I have heard that on a roadster the rear bumper is 2 inches longer than the front. Is there any evidence that this is true? A friend of mine actually has an original that is 2 inches longer than the front?

Steve Plucker · 01-10-2015, 10:10 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 31 RPU

Btt

I have heard that on a roadster the rear bumper is 2 inches longer than the front. Is there any evidence that this is true? A friend of mine actually has an original that is 2 inches longer than the front?

Not true to my knowledge according to all of the FORD Parts Price Lists from 1928 through 1931.

Pluck

Bob Bidonde · 01-10-2015, 10:30 AM

During 1930, the front bumpers were reduced to an arc length of 60-inches from 62-7/8-inches. The arc length is measured straight across from center-to-center of the eye bolt holes.

Pickup trucks did not have rear bumpers, so anything goes when you modify a truck to have them.

A Model A when it was new, and as it left the dealer with the option of having a front bumper in the rear, would most likely have bumpers that matched the front of car. Thus according to the judging standards, if the car had 62-7/8-inch front bumpers, the same would be in the rear.

Frankly, the small change in bumper arc length is hardly noticeable.

whirnot · 01-10-2015, 01:13 PM

They are the same on my 29 roadster

08-17-2014, 05:57 PM	#1
31 RPU Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 182	Front and rear bumpers Is there a difference in the front and rear bumpers? I have the bumperettes but was considering going with bumpers like the front. Seems I remember someone saying the lengths were different?

08-17-2014, 11:09 PM	#3
Mike V. Florida Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 14,054	Re: Front and rear bumpers On vehicles with full length bumpers front and rear, they are the same length. __________________ What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II

08-18-2014, 11:21 AM	#4
mot Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sacramento Ca Posts: 1,179	Re: Front and rear bumpers remember you must put a spacer where the little bracket for the bumperettes attach to other wise the cross brace will pull the bumper arms in see marcos pictures of that area, and in the JS

01-10-2015, 06:47 AM	#5
31 RPU Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 182	Re: Front and rear bumpers Btt I have heard that on a roadster the rear bumper is 2 inches longer than the front. Is there any evidence that this is true? A friend of mine actually has an original that is 2 inches longer than the front?

01-10-2015, 10:30 AM	#7
Bob Bidonde Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 3,464	Re: Front and rear bumpers During 1930, the front bumpers were reduced to an arc length of 60-inches from 62-7/8-inches. The arc length is measured straight across from center-to-center of the eye bolt holes. Pickup trucks did not have rear bumpers, so anything goes when you modify a truck to have them. A Model A when it was new, and as it left the dealer with the option of having a front bumper in the rear, would most likely have bumpers that matched the front of car. Thus according to the judging standards, if the car had 62-7/8-inch front bumpers, the same would be in the rear. Frankly, the small change in bumper arc length is hardly noticeable. __________________ Bob Bidonde Last edited by Bob Bidonde; 01-10-2015 at 10:41 AM.

01-10-2015, 01:13 PM	#8
whirnot Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Bend Or. Posts: 1,056	Re: Front and rear bumpers They are the same on my 29 roadster __________________ Bill Worden 1929 Roadster 1929 Briggs Town Sedan 1930 Closed Cab pickup Smith Motor Compressor 1951 Ford F1 High Desert Model A's