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MG TD TF 1500 - Bumper bar question

The PO of my 51 TD had a 2 5/8" high rear bumper bar on the car rather than a proper 3" high bumper (which I've now installed). Does anyone know what vehicle a 2 5/8" bumper bar comes from? The chrome is in good shape and I may want to list it on eBay, but I want to be certain that I describe it correctly.
Phil Atrill

Is the bar in question the same shape otherwise? Are the top and bottom lips the same width or is one shorter than the other? Was your new replacement a repro? George
George Butz

my guess is it is for a volkswagen based kit car mg td. regards, tp
tom peterson

George, the bar is the same shape, with holes for the back bar and brackets located where they should be. The lips are different - one is curled in about an inch and the other about a 1/2 inch.
Phil Atrill

Phil, you likely have an original facebar. That is how the lips are suppose to be- with the much wider at the top. My positively original rear bar is 2-3/4" in height (lip to lip), and was really thickened a lot when rechromed, which would make it about the same size as yours. I recall that all replacement bars since the 70s have had equal length lips top and bottom. The size and shape of the various repro overriders is not just right also- they are too wide and rounded overall compared to the originals. George
George Butz

George,

You're right about the repro bumpers and the misfit with the overiders. This is why we now have to use plastic chanelling to obtain a reasonable fit and appearance - this was not used (or needed!)on original cars.

Cheers, John
J C Mitchell

Gentlemen, thank you for the insight. I took the original off because I wanted to match (what I have now learned to be a repro that I have) on the front. I also wanted to have the face bar fit well with the 'repro' over riders.

I guess I now have an original face bar that I can sell on eBay or if anyone on the BBS wants to purchase a very good original rear face bar, let me know.

pwatrill@yahoo.ca
Phil Atrill

This thread was discussed between 20/03/2009 and 22/03/2009

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