ac coupe bumpers

[stephanspider2000]

hello
does anyone know of the chrome bumpers of a 124 ac coupe fit the spider??
i can get some cheap

thanks

[kmead]

No, not well.

The coupe is much more square at its corners and the coupe bumpers mirror that shape.

I have seen rear spider bumpers applied to the front.

[Curly]

Details on SPYDUH's AC coupe bumpers can be found here:

http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic ... ers#p81960

[kmead]

I like how the rear bumper looks, the front not so much as it doesn't conform too well at the corners. As a Coupe owner I am a bit uncomfortable with chopping up rare parts.

Using Spider bumpers from the same period on the front would be much preferable, at least for me.

On the rear bumper the long length of the bumper along the side of the Spider really changes the look of the car, its a lot of chrome on a small car but it does set it off nicely.

[Curly]

..... As a Coupe owner I am a bit uncomfortable with chopping up rare parts.
Using Spider bumpers from the same period on the front would be much preferable, at least for me.

G'day Karl, unlike North America, where 124 Coupes are relatively rare compared to 124 Spiders, we of the Great South Land have a scarcity of Spiders and a goodly number of Coupes still on the road.
When I was restoring SPYDUH, I chose the AC bumpers because the Spider bumpers would have had to have been sourced overseas and with freight charges the way they are, it made sense to use what was available locally.
As you may know, I also have an AC coupe, and had recently damaged the front bar in a competition event (see pic) so decided to adapt that for the front of SPYDUH. I had a few spare rear ones that were also in need of refinishing so I had no qualms in modifying one of them to fit as well.