Hi,

I am looking at getting a new front bumper for my 68 morris. I was told several different things by different seller's and thought I'd ask here for clarification from those who have actually bought and used new bumpers.

Which ones are closest to original pattern?

Which ones are strongest?

Who did you buy them from?

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68 Deluxe.... it's shiny..... I like shiny!!

The front bumper on my car ATM is actually from the UK. It's stainless steel.

It was a real bastard to fit cause the threads on the bumper didn't quite line up with the holes in the car. A bit of gentle persuasion later and it fitted fine - needed two people though.

Took it off the other day to do something and it went back on like the old bumpers that were on it - just adjusted its shape after a year or so.

I actually bought it off a local guy in the mini club who personally got it imported from some place in the UK. Sorry don't know the name of the place. Overall I think it fitted pretty well.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

I bought mine from Mini Kingdom a while back, Brand New Rover Stainless. They fit well, keeping in mind my front apron panel is also Rover.

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I put 2 Rover S/S ones on mine, they fits OK in the 1970 model holes.
As well as the originals did anyway.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Used the rovers in the past, they look fantastic.
I was at the time concerned with how they looked so i lined them up against the originals. They differed a little in the far ends only, they were a slightly different profile to the originals. They looked great once fitted.

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There's meant to be two different shaped ends, apparently the later ones are more spoon shaped.

I've used genuine Rover S/S ones but they weren't very shiny. I had to spend a while with the metal polish to get them bright enough. After that they kept their shine really well.

Tim

Thanks Guys!

Will start to look around now. I have been told that the 'rover' stainless items are very thin and easily damaged. Any one experienced this?

Cheers,

Matt

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68 Deluxe.... it's shiny..... I like shiny!!

Mine seemed thick enough. Certainly thicker than the originals that had lost their chrome and rusted on the back.

Tim

The original bumpers are "crimped" at the ends, whereas the later UK ones are a straight cut.