Front Bumper Guards

[grampa69]

Anyone know why some 69 Chargers had short bumper guards and some had Tall ones ?

[Mike DC]

             
It was a mid-year change.  

Same with headrests.  The govt made them mandatory instead of optional once the cars were built after January 1st 1969.

The door handle buttons also became chrome metal rather than black plastic partway through the year.  

[grampa69]

so are the tall ones later or earlier ?

[Mike DC]

 
Taller ones were later.  


BTW the taller bumper guards were not a govt mandated thing AFAIK.  That was just the headrests.

[grampa69]

wonder if it was to give added protection to the grille center.

[68RT440]

I've heard that it was simply a change in manufacturer rather than a safety change. I just bought a set on eBay not too long ago to see what they look like on my '68. I've always liked the looks of them on the '69s

[grampa69]

I like when people do things like that, really makes you look close. I've seen a few 68's with 69 grille on them.

[Dino]

I wish I could use the shorties, but alas the tall ones left marks on top of the bumper so that wouldn't look very nice. I like the look of the shorties a lot more than the tall ones.   

[kab69440]

I like the tall ones better. They're classy looking. One of these days I'm going to make a set of rears to match my replacement front bumper.

[grampa69]

I had a 1969 SE car from 1977 to about 1985 drove the hell out of it. I think the tall guards saved the grille center several times parking.

[odcics2]

Chargers look best without any guards, IMO.

[Mytur Binsdirti]

They look like a pair of chrome hemorrhoids sticking up above the bumper.

[Daytona R/T SE]

I'd like to thank everyone that has participated in this thread up to this point...

For not referring to bumper guards as "bumperettes"

[Lennard]

I'd like to thank everyone that has participated in this thread up to this point...

For not referring to bumper guards as "bumperettes"

http://www.classicindustries.com/shop/mopar/parts/body-components/bumper-components/guards-bumperettes/

http://www.autometaldirect.com/1969-Dodge-Charger-bumpers-front-bumpers-md-38-c-24_36.html

[Daytona R/T SE]

I'd like to thank everyone that has participated in this thread up to this point...

For not referring to bumper guards as "bumperettes"

http://www.classicindustries.com/shop/mopar/parts/body-components/bumper-components/guards-bumperettes/

http://www.autometaldirect.com/1969-Dodge-Charger-bumpers-front-bumpers-md-38-c-24_36.html

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

I prefer this version of the Tall Guards:

[Charger-Bodie]

I'd like to thank everyone that has participated in this thread up to this point...

For not referring to bumper guards as "bumperettes"

http://www.classicindustries.com/shop/mopar/parts/body-components/bumper-components/guards-bumperettes/

http://www.autometaldirect.com/1969-Dodge-Charger-bumpers-front-bumpers-md-38-c-24_36.html

At least there wasn't any use of the word Chally. Which to me makes a Challenger sound weenie like.

[odcics2]

I'd like to thank everyone that has participated in this thread up to this point...

For not referring to bumper guards as "bumperettes"

http://www.classicindustries.com/shop/mopar/parts/body-components/bumper-components/guards-bumperettes/

http://www.autometaldirect.com/1969-Dodge-Charger-bumpers-front-bumpers-md-38-c-24_36.html

At least there wasn't any use of the word Chally. Which to me makes a Challenger sound weenie like.

Agreed 110%.     No "trannie" either...   

[alfaitalia]

Just look in the dictionary...they are bumperettes...like it or not!

http://www.yourdictionary.com/bumperette

[Mike DC]

I prefer this version of the Tall Guards:

It looks wrong when somebody hangs a wide pushbar on a GL replica with tall guards in the way.  It locates the pushbar too far down/out.  The TV crew removed all the taller guards in the wide-pushbar era.


I don't like picking on other people's cars but this is pretty common.  Even John Schneider's car had it:

[Daytona R/T SE]

I'd like to thank everyone that has participated in this thread up to this point...

For not referring to bumper guards as "bumperettes"

At least there wasn't any use of the word Chally. Which to me makes a Challenger sound weenie like.

[paironines]

Or dizzy or dippy......

[Daytona R/T SE]

Just look in the dictionary...they are bumperettes...like it or not!

http://www.yourdictionary.com/bumperette

Just look in the 1969 Dodge Factory Service Manual.

They are Bumper Guards.

Like it or not !!!

[Mytur Binsdirti]

But, those illustrations are not of a Charger; there were never bumper guard cushions on the bumperettes.   

[Daytona R/T SE]

But, those illustrations are not of a Charger; there were never bumper guard cushions on the bumperettes.    

Funny 

[alfaitalia]

But, those illustrations are not of a Charger; there were never bumper guard cushions on the bumperettes.   

Touche!!

Who cares really?...they are both bumper guards AND bumperettes. Choose the word you like most!!! There are loads of different words for the same items in the car world...gets even worse if the words cross the Atlantic...took me a while to understand some of the words you use for certain cars parts...rockers (sills) fenders (wings)etc etc.

Several guys over on Jeep Forum (I'm at nearly 6000 post there!!) get quite upset when I call an engine a motor....both are grammatically correct according to my dictionary so why anyone would be bothered I really don't know!!

[Mytur Binsdirti]

Motors are run by electricity and engines run on combustible fuel.

You wouldn't call a wiper motor a wiper engine, would you?     

[Dino]

That seems to be a US thing. Motor just means movement, just as motor nerves move your muscles. I haven't called an engine a motor in a long time either though.

[Daytona R/T SE]

Motors are run by electricity and engines run on combustible fuel.

You wouldn't call a wiper motor a wiper engine, would you?     

[Lennard]

Shit is all messed up here...
Drive on a parkway and park in a driveway. 

[alfaitalia]

Motors are run by electricity and engines run on combustible fuel.

You wouldn't call a wiper motor a wiper engine, would you?     

engine


/ˈɛndʒɪn/


noun

noun: engine; plural noun: engines; noun: railway engine; plural noun: railway engines



1.


a machine with moving parts that converts power into motion.
"the roar of a car engine"


synonyms: motor, mechanism, machine, power source, drive
"a car engine"




•a thing that is the agent or instrument of a particular process.
"exports used to be the engine of growth"


synonyms: cause, agent, instrument, driver, originator, initiator, generator
"industrialization was the main engine of change"


Anyway....Maybe you are right....anyway I'm just off for a ride on my Enginecycle.....oh!

[Mytur Binsdirti]

Anyway....Maybe you are right....anyway I'm just off for a ride on my Enginecycle.....oh!

 

[Daytona R/T SE]

Shit is all messed up here...
Drive on a parkway and park in a driveway. 

[odcics2]

That seems to be a US thing. Motor just means movement, just as motor nerves move your muscles. I haven't called an engine a motor in a long time either though.

Aha!  Motor nerves run on electrical impulses! (not combustible fuel)

[Dino]

That seems to be a US thing. Motor just means movement, just as motor nerves move your muscles. I haven't called an engine a motor in a long time either though.

Aha!  Motor nerves run on electrical impulses! (not combustible fuel)

LOL

I didn't see that one coming!   

[birdsandbees]

Not so fast... I think a few around here run on alcohol !! 

[Dino]

Not so fast... I think a few around here run on alcohol !! 

Cars or people?

[birdsandbees]

People and their nerve endings...   

[Dino]