earlier bumpers -> later car

hoipolloi · Post by **hoipolloi** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 9:03 am

i know this has been covered but my search querys (early bumper; bumper) provided no help.

i have a 72 ghia and i want to mount overrider bumpers. i found a set at a local yard that arn't in too bad a condition. i'm pretty sure the mounting holes in my body are set further apart (at least it appears, i've never gotten a chance to look at the differences with the cars next to each other) but my question deals with modifying a set of mounts that exit my body at the normal location and either mount to the early bumper right there or bending and mounting to the bumper at their correct location.

has anyone done this or had ideas on this? i know i've read that people say "it's not possible" but i don't mind putting some time and effort into this if it meant i could get rid of those huge boxy numbers.
thanks
seth

dpeters60ghia · Post by **dpeters60ghia** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 4:50 pm

I've seen it done...and it looks teriffic!

That being said, I haven't looked closely at the mounting points.
My advice is to cut out and fill the "notches" in the rear corners of the car where the "square" bumpers wrap around.
Other than that, I think it should be straight forward.

My $0.02 cents...

- Doug

Ghiaddict · Post by **Ghiaddict** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 4:39 am

I've also seen it done, with very nice results.
As noted, the body holes are spaced differently and the mounting brackets are much larger on late model KGs.
IMHO, the best approach is to modify the late model brackets to accept
the earlier bumpers. It just takes some detailed planning and a competent level of fabrication skills.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:12 am

sounds good! that's all that looked like needed to be done. thanks for your reply. i'll post some pics once it's finished