martybose Posted January 19, 2008 Report Posted January 19, 2008 Recently I found a guy who said he had a rechromed set of 46-48 Plymouth bumpers for sale. We agreed on a price, and he shipped them to me. I received them and unpacked them today. The front bumper is an exact match for my old front bumper; so far so good. But the back bumper isn't the same. it is much flatter and shorter in cross-section, doesn't wrap around at the ends as far, and only has five square holes on centerline, as opposed to the seven square holes off center on my existing bumper (the extra holes are there to mount the OEM stone deflector). The two square holes at either end of the bumper do seem to line up with my 47 brackets, however. My 47 parts manual only lists one rear bumper number, and it looks the same as my old bumper, so I'm wondering if this bumper is maybe an earlier model Plymouth/Dodge/Mopar rear bumper. Does my description ring any bells with anyone? I'd like to positively identify it before I contact the seller. Marty Quote
Norm's Coupe Posted January 19, 2008 Report Posted January 19, 2008 Marty, Are you sure the bumper on your car now was original? The rear bumper on my coupe doesn't wrap around at all, just the front one does that. Quote
martybose Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Posted January 20, 2008 Norm, The original bumper on my car looks like yours. The other bumper does not have the top and bottom curl to horizontal that you can see on yours, nor does it have the holes for the bumperguards. Maybe tomorrow I'll find my digital camera and post some pictures. Marty Quote
Normspeed Posted January 20, 2008 Report Posted January 20, 2008 Maybe a similar year but a station wagon bumper? Quote
Don Coatney Posted January 20, 2008 Report Posted January 20, 2008 Here is Martys rear bumper. Here is my rear bumper. Quote
martybose Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Posted January 20, 2008 Here's a couple of photos of the bumpers in question. In the first you can see the bolt holes centered instead of offset. In this shot you can see how much flatter the new bumper is. In looking at listings on eBay, I'm thinking this may be something like a 1940 Plymouth bumper. Marty Quote
Young Ed Posted January 21, 2008 Report Posted January 21, 2008 Marty that reminds me of a 41 bumper. Quote
HughForrest Posted January 21, 2008 Report Posted January 21, 2008 It looks an awful lot like the front bumper on my '38 Chrysler. I have the 5 o.c. bolt holes that go with a one-piece (well...its made of several pieces, but they are joined together) bumper bracket. The flatter profile also looks the same. In my parts book it looks like bumper part #'s change with almost every year. What are its measurements? Quote
martybose Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Posted January 22, 2008 (snip)What are its measurements? Unfortunately, in my correspondence with the seller today, he agreed that he shipped me the wrong bumper, so this afternoon I packaged it up to be shipped back. Sorry! Marty Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted January 22, 2008 Report Posted January 22, 2008 Ah well.....an interesting discussion anyway.... Quote
HughForrest Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 Did you find out what it was really for? I'd sure like a couple of nice shiny ones like that. Quote
martybose Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Posted January 23, 2008 Did you find out what it was really for?I'd sure like a couple of nice shiny ones like that. Not really. the consensus seemed to be a 37 to 41 Mopar of some sort. Marty Quote
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