The look is acceptable, but we saw a ’67 Dart with the factory front bumper guards, and we really liked that look. Top left: Our 1967 Dart was ordered sans bumper guards. The fit of the rubber to the chrome was equivalent to the factory fit and finish of the 1960s. Each rubber bumperette had three mounting studs that slipped through their respective mounting hole in the chrome bumper guard, and the supplied washers and nuts secured each in place.
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When the YearOne rubber bumperettes arrived, we were able to quickly install them on the NOS chrome bumper guards. The bumper guards arrived with the hardware required to mount them to the front bumper.
Both bumper guards showed up in the original Mopar packaging, and each had a flawless chrome finish. After an extensive internet search over a period of several months, we found two New Old Stock (NOS) bumper guards (one left and one right) from two different vendors on eBay. While we were pleased to find the rubber bumperettes, we still needed to find the chrome bumper guards. The included flange nuts secured the bumperettes to the bumper guard. Bottom right: The bumperettes have three mounting studs that fit properly into the bumper guards. Bottom left: The YearOne rubber bumperettes were fitted to the bumper guards, and the reproduction parts fit as though they were factory original units. Both bumper guards showed up still in the Mopar packaging. Top right: We found two New-Old Stock bumper guards from two different vendors on eBay. These reproduction bumperettes fit the 1967-69 Dart front and rear bumper guards. Top left: The YearOne rubber bumperettes are sold in pairs along with the flange mounting nuts (part no.
After an internet search, we found YearOne had reproduction rubber bumperettes (sold in pairs with the flange mounting nuts, part no. Our 1967 Dart was not ordered with bumper guards, but after seeing how nice another ’67 Dart looked with them, we wanted a pair for the front of our A-body. Before these laws were enacted, the bumper guards provided minimal damage resistance and, in general, were more decorative in nature than anything else. After the FMVSS 215 was ratified, every vehicle had to have rear bumpers and bumper guards that could withstand a 2.5-mph impact with minimal damage to the vehicle.īy 1974, the front and rear bumpers and bumper guards had to hold up against a 5-mph blow, again, with negligible damage to the vehicle.
Long before the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Act 215 (FMVSS 215) was enacted for all 1973 vehicles and further tightened in the succeeding years, the manufacturers made vehicles with chrome bumpers that could be ordered with or without bumper guards.
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