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Subject: Rear bumper brackets
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TibbettsAJ
Posts:2
Posted:02/02/2008 1:49 AM
I read somewhere that the A-400 rear bumper brackets are a different length than other cars. Does anyone have the correct length of the brackets and the size of the rear bumper-body stands? The catalog says A-17777B and A-17830B is NOT for Victoria's or S/W. So what IS correct? Art Tibbetts

A400 Guy
Posts:57
Posted:02/05/2008 6:25 PM

Hello:

The actual bumper bracket (that bolts to the cars frame and accepts the bumper bars) is the same on the A400 as some other Model "A" body types. The model that a particular bumper bracket fits is determined by the height and position of the stand off bracket (sometimes called a "T" bracket) that is rivited to the bumper arm. In the case of the A400, the "T" bracket is 3 1/2" tall and is rivited approximately 14 3/4" from the large bend in the bumper bracket. If you care to provide your e-mail address or a FAX number I'll send you a diagram.

A400 Guy

 



pallin
Posts:47
Posted:02/05/2008 6:28 PM

Art,

On YOUR car, one of the rear bumper brackets was replaced. It is the one with the stand recessed into the wooden crossmember. The other should be original. If my memory serves me, the one bracket was actually broken off. I searched through swap meets for one matching the existing bracket, found one of the same length, but found the stand was slightly different. So, I recessed it into the crossmember.

Phil



TibbettsAJ
Posts:2
Posted:02/06/2008 3:36 AM
Thanks,A400 Guy- Both rear bumper brackets that were on the car were from a '29. With the short bracket-body stands (3 1/4") Probably from a 28/29 Sedan or Phaeton. Which is why I wasn't sure of the correct length for them and the body stands. There are 3 different size bracket-body stands sold by suppliers and I wasn't sure if they were the ones for 30-31 Sedans (3 1/4") , 30-31 coupes & roadsters (4 3/4") and 28-29 sedans and Phaetons (5 1/4"). The catalogs all say that the 4 3/4" stands are NOT for a Victoria or S/W. Many parts on this A-400 were from a donor '29. I have rounded up most of the 31 parts. But was not sure of the bumper brackets. Art (TibbettsJA@MSN.COM)

bill
Posts:109
Posted:02/06/2008 3:34 PM
Her is the ptint from A400 Guy
Attachment: 126343683471.pdf

Louis
Posts:1
Posted:02/06/2008 6:09 PM
I take exception to at least one detail of the rear bumper bracket drawing. On my car; and I think it is a 1931 feature of all bumper brackets; the bumper end is rounded. L. Young

lfg1931
Posts:61
Posted:02/06/2008 7:39 PM

I know it is a feature of most 1931 cars to have the rounded ends but my A-400 rear brackets are not rounded and I am pretty sure they are original.

Larry



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