Help! - 144 front bumper (1973)

Rob

I am about to start looking for a 144 for my Dad, I am going to be very fussy with this one. I know exactly what I am looking for and am happy to wait until I find exactly what I want. One thing is confusing me though.

the1973 front bumper

now I believe this is a '73.

and this is a '74

so what is this one???

This is the bumper i am looking for .. but I don't know what it is exactly, there are very few pics around of 144's with this front

Tigabu

Hmmm... Tristan @volvodriverman and/or I may have these in the 142 horde...

carnut1100

Pretty sure number 3 is a '73 With US spec bumper mounts...

egads (she/her)

Picture 1 is evolution of -71 bumper which we didn't get here as far as I can tell.

Picture 2 is the 74 enormo bumper

Picture 3 is a bumper style we didn't get here.

Here is a 73 with the bumper we got here

Basically, bumpers varied by market pretty widely so pinpointing by bumper style on the internet is a pain in the ass.

egads (she/her)

Dammit, this disproves the small bumper 73 not coming here

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/kentish-area/cars-vans-utes/1973-volvo-144-de-luxe/1038712672

volvodriverman

Greg's, formerly my 142, 73, skinny bumpers. That looks like someone has fitted early bumpers to a later car to me for less ugly...

volvodriverman

Actually what Greg said before...

Rob

egads;11167 wrote

Basically, bumpers varied by market pretty widely so pinpointing by bumper style on the internet is a pain in the ass.

Ok. that makes sense. I am going to start a wanted thread.

http://ozvolvo.org/discussion/632/chasing-a-144?new=1

Major Ledfoot

1973 and earlier bumpers (as seen in [1]) mount to the body differently to the '74 and later bumpers (as seen in [2]).

The brackets and mounts for 1973 USA bumpers (as seen in [3]) are different again from either the Euro '73 or all '74 setups, although it's unlikely many of them will be encountered in Oz

Early front bumpers attach to the front chassis rail via two Y-shaped brackets. Early rear bumpers are attached to the lower rear valence panel via brackets with 3 bolts - (IIRC) 2 externally and one inside the boot.

Late model 140s are like early 240s and didn't have a lower rear valence panel as such, so the rear bars are mounted to the rear chassis rail via a pair of energy absorber struts. The front bumpers are likewise attached to the front chassis rail via these heavy tubular steel and rubber affairs.