front bumper location

[tlchd74]

Could someone out there with 72 /73 bumpers give me a measurement from the front clip to the rear of the front bumper ? I am trying to fabricate a mount that will attach to the 74 bumper shocks but have no point of reference to know how far the bumper should mount away from the car.

Thanks

[jrhone]

I just did this on my 76. I did a write up in my blog section if you wanna check it out...but what I did was use standard exhaust pipe from pep boys thats the same 1.75" diameter. cut it to length. I then measured where I wanted the sides of the bumper to be. then marked the pipe in the original mounting holes in the frame and cut a hole in the pipe at that spot for the original bumper mounting bolt. I measured how you asked and mine is 2.25 inches from the back of the bumper to the body next to the mounting location.

[tlchd74]

Thanks for the help, looked at the blog think I'll try it. I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks Again

[jrhone]

There is also more info out there..look in the blog section of the forum...

Eurotrash did his and offered more good info.

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,50/page,viewtopic/t,338929/

[Mike Self]

from the body than are the 72's....see a recent posting below for a discussion of 73 bumper brackets. If you stand facing the hood with your legs nearly touching the bumper and look directly down, the front of pre 73 bumpers are almost directly below the point on the hood, while there's an inch of air visible behind the bumper's trailing edge on the 73s.

On my 73, measuring horizontally from the trailing edge of the bumper blade to the nose panel is 4 1/4". However, the 73 bumper bracket is canted upward from where it emerges from the nose panel so that the bumper itself is located a couple of inches above the hole in the nose panel where the bracket emerges. Measuring along that line--nose panel up the bracket to the trailing edge of the bumper, it's 6 1/2."

cheers

mike