<div dir="ltr">The group has raised some good questions. Is it the bumper or the apron or some repair? The bumper hasn't been rechromed and there are no signs of any previous repair. I will have to dig through my records to find where I got the apron as it was some time ago.<div>I measured the curvature of the bumper using a string line between the two outside bolt holes and measuring the distance from the string to the two inner bolts holes. See attached picture. Both measure 1-9/16" which tells me the curve in the bumper is uniform. The same measurement on the apron is 1-3/16" which is the 3/8" to 7/16" gap I am seeing.</div><div><br></div><div>If someone out there has a front bumper available could you take the same measurement I did. Then I would know if my bumper is a unicorn or the apron is a fault. I don't want to buy another apron only to find the same issue.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks... Harold</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 6:38 PM Perry Small <<a href="mailto:healeyguy@aol.com">healeyguy@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Harold <br>
Have to ask which part, the apron or the bumper, is the problem? Did you have an apron on the car previously and did it fit?<br>
If so did you lay the new apron on the old one? I’ve seen a lot of bent bumpers over the years.<br>
Perry<br>
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> On Oct 27, 2022, at 9:02 PM, Stephen Hutchings via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Oh Boy…where did you get the apron?…I was about to order one (my car came without one many years ago), and I had wondered about the possible fit problems. Good luck with it!<br>
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> Stephe, BJ8<br>
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>> On Oct 27, 2022, at 6:38 PM, Harold Manifold <<a href="mailto:manifold@telus.net" target="_blank">manifold@telus.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Hello,<br>
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>> Has anyone had a problem with a new front apron that will not fit to an original front bumper? I went to install my new painted front apron and discovered the curvature doesn't match the bumper. I can bolt the ends but there is a 7/16" gap between the apron and the bumper at the middle two bolts. I tried using bolts in the middle two holes to draw the apron to the bumper but it started to bend.<br>
>> This one will require surgery to get it to fit. Is there a new one that is known to fit?<br>
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>> Harold<br>
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