Thread: How to tuck in your front bumper on a model A Ford

Tweet

I bought a very nice model A bumper and brackets for the front of the roadster pickup, and when I bolted them on, it kinda looked like Pinocchio. With the stock bumper brackets in place, there is 6 1/2" from the front tires to the inside of the bumper, and the bumper sets out 18 friggin inches from the front of the 32 grill shell. Now I have looked at about a thousand pictures on the net, and the most appealing model A's either have no bumpers, or nerf bars, or else the bumper sets much closer to the front end sheet metal than stock. Up here in Canada the local authoritys get kinda hinky about issuing a safety certificate if you don't have a front bumper----So----gather round kiddies for another one of my "how to" stories. Measurements show that the maximum amount of "flat" area (as in uncurved) on the bumper brackets is about 3 1/2", so we are going to do some serious sectioning, and tuck that bumper in about 3 1/2" closer to the front of the car.----stay tuned.