Bumpers

[derby111]

74 monte will eat a doba bumper IMO but I know there will be people who will disagree

[derbycole]

I am a young kid going to my second derby this year just want to know what are some good bumpers to put on the front of my car to give it a little bit more strength? i will probably be running an ford LTD this year so any tips??

[Comet Cyclone]

what year ltd? Do you have a bumper with the car thats not rusty?

[derbycole]

I think its a 75 LTD i haven't actually seen the car so i dont know much about it but its from a derby bud so it cant be that rusty.

[Comet Cyclone]

75 ltd bumper isn't bad for a beginner.

[derbycole]

im just trying to find out what are good bumpers (any kind for any car)
for in the future cause i know where i can get lots of bumpers but dont know what kind are good bumpers. if you get what im getting at lol.

[jones56m]

Seem welded, the 75 LTD bumper is a pretty good bumper. Also lends itself to loading very easily.

Not in any order:
74-76 Impala/Caprice
74-78 Flat Newport/NewYorker with/without vent holes
74-78 Pointy New Yorker/ Imperial with/without vent holes
74-76 Pontiac bumpers if seem welded and mounted correct
74-76 Olds Front bumper
74-79 LTD/Marquis front bumper
74-76 Monte bumpers
80's Ford and Lincoln front bumpers, steel backed
70's Cordoba bumper

I'm sure there are more but this is a start of the more desireable bumpers out there.

[derby111]

Many will disagree but we have had really good luck with flipped and seam welded 76 buick bumpers

[Forney00c]

I personally wouldn't run another Doba bumper on the front. Used a 77 Doba front on the front of my car, seamwelded it, and made one only somewhat decent hit with the front and... JUNK... Hopefully the seamwelded 74 Dart bumper I had on the back will hold up better on the front than the Doba bumper did.

[16oz]

Mar 4, 2013 14:37:43 GMT -5 Forney00c said:

I personally wouldn't run another Doba bumper on the front. Used a 77 Doba front on the front of my car, seamwelded it, and made one only somewhat decent hit with the front and... JUNK... Hopefully the seamwelded 74 Dart bumper I had on the back will hold up better on the front than the Doba bumper did.

The only doba bumper i'll ever run again is the 75's with the extra plate in it. Good bumper but corners curl easy.

[runninhot38]

i don't mind if the corners curl on ya as long as they stay straight between the frame rails which 76 impala bumpers and definately ford bumpers seem to not be capable of if u hit with them 74 monte bumpers are plenty hard if you reinforce the mounting point and prevent it from collapsing on ya easy fix with square tubing

[sonsteby31]

Whats this bumper off? Heard Ford Granada or something, how good are they? I bought the car as a pre ran, gunna weld the bumper up more when i get it home.

[derby111]

Looks to me like a 76 olds. Good bumper

[aron117]

x2

[Punisher 66J]

Mar 10, 2013 16:36:32 GMT -5 derby111 said:

Looks to me like a 76 olds. Good bumper

Thats what I was thinking, mid 70s chevy. Definately not a granada.