Here's a couple of pics....
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LC/LJ front bumper reinforcement
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, Nov 03 2006 10:53 PM
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Posted 03 November 2006 - 10:53 PM
Hi Guys, Among the interesting bits and pieces I've accumulated I've got a Front Bumper Reinforcement that bolts to the bar brackets and the person I got it off tells me its meant to help in the event of a front end impact......I've owned 4 LC's over the last 10-12years and this is the first I've come across, has anyone else seen one and can they tell me if it is a factory option or dealer accessory or just something a fastidious owner has crafted up for the car?
Here's a couple of pics....
Opinions guys??
Here's a couple of pics....
Opinions guys??
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Posted 03 November 2006 - 11:02 PM
Rare! Bathurst! NOS! Brock! HDT! and all the other E-Bay terms!
Good find
Good find
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Posted 03 November 2006 - 11:17 PM
LOL........really its just a couple of bumper irons and a piece of steel bar bent into a nice shape.........it's not leaving my shed I'm just curious as to what it is and where it came from?
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Posted 05 November 2006 - 05:28 PM
Rare! Bathurst! NOS! Brock! HDT! and all the other E-Bay terms!
Good find
Nice words of course........I'm still yet to determine if they're sarcastic or not...hehe.....Can anyone please tell me where and how this part originated from? Factory, Dealer, Owner etc????
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Posted 06 November 2006 - 05:31 PM
I've never sen one, and I've seen a fair few LC/LJs, so I'd reckon it's probably non factory.
Good idea though!
Good idea though!
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Posted 06 November 2006 - 06:16 PM
It looks like it would actually make a head on worse...
It would stop the car more quickly, so the occupants would hit whatever they are going to hit at a higher speed... ie: Steering Wheel, Dash, seat in front. A standard bumper would absorb a bit of impact.
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It would stop the car more quickly, so the occupants would hit whatever they are going to hit at a higher speed... ie: Steering Wheel, Dash, seat in front. A standard bumper would absorb a bit of impact.
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Posted 06 November 2006 - 07:50 PM
May be a bit of speedway equiptment
Saves changing the front bumper all the time
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Saves changing the front bumper all the time
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Posted 06 November 2006 - 08:01 PM
^Or that. We built bumpers for our HK out of some tubing that was originally around the local Trotting Track... That worked good.
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Posted 06 November 2006 - 09:37 PM
As old as it looks it's really well made hey........ the curve matches the front bar perfectly and its solid steel, It would have taken a talented fabricator to achieve this result of not only getting the width right to bolt in behind the bumper but also to follow the bar's shape as well given that its solid steel it wouldn't have been too easy to manipulate!!
I didn't think of speedway but its too well made given that a lot of speedway users are generally "close enough is good enough" for the barging racing they do! and it came off the LC I've got here that definately wasn't a speedway car.
I didn't think of speedway but its too well made given that a lot of speedway users are generally "close enough is good enough" for the barging racing they do! and it came off the LC I've got here that definately wasn't a speedway car.
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Posted 07 November 2006 - 02:49 PM
Wouldn't surprise me if the car it's from's done some time on a racetrack, though. Not a bad idea. Wish I'd had one when I bent my right bumper support and tow hook at Calder a couple of weeks ago.
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Posted 07 November 2006 - 07:12 PM
Well the suspension currently in the car is definately leaning towards a roundy roundy style of racing rather than basic street and definately not drag racing. I should climb under it and take a couple of pics
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Posted 07 November 2006 - 08:00 PM
QUASI FACTORY - dealer Fitted Option for country cars
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Posted 07 November 2006 - 08:06 PM
That does probably make sense.....I've got the books here for the car and it was sold from a dealer on the Gold Coast which may have been considered a country area in 1971?....hehehe
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Posted 07 November 2006 - 08:43 PM
didnt the factory rally cars have something different about the bars
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