Cyanide747

Where are you located? Trying to figure out shipping cost

I have a 55 Special/Century bumper for sale. It's been professionally straightened and rechromed and is in excellent condition. Looking to get $700 plus shipping for it. Any marks in the pictures are just reflections from the floor. It's in perfect condition. Thanks, -Pete

Stean, thank you you for that piece of information. Today I pulled a spare bumper from the rafters and measured tip to tip. 80" I measured my rechromed bumper and it measures 75". That pretty much solves the case as to why the brackets don't line up. I called the chrome shop that did the job and their number was disconnected and it appears they are no longer in business. So if anyone is looking for a special, century main front bumper that is in pristine triple plated beautifully finished chrome give me a shout. Looks like I'll be hunting for a bumper to have replated. There goes my chance to drive her this year. A a huge thank you to all who replied to this thread. I couldn't have figured it out without you -Pete

Come to think of it the chrome shop did have to pop the insides of the bullets off to fix severe dents. I'm thinking that they ended up putting the plates back in the incorrect place. That might have something to do with it. Though from my recollection they appear to be right.

Old tank, they are the same pieces that I took off of the car and disassembled myself. I have a couple spare bumpers that have the bolt holes in the exact same location. I think what I might have to do is make up some kind of bracket that gives me the extension that I need for the piece the only other option I see is to heat it up and bend in the arms but I'm a little afraid of doing that and miscalulating the bend. It's puzzling to me how it could be that far off. Appropriately I named the car pandora because of the trouble she's given me since I got her but cruising down the street and getting thumbs ups and waves at makes it all worthwhile.

No. The bullets are on the correct sides. None of the holes to mount them to the bumper would line up otherwise

here are pictures of what I am talking about

Leif, Paul, thanks for for the uploads. Paul, the photos you provided are exactly what I was looking for. It confirms that I am trying to put the brackets on correctly. However I still have 1.5-2" difference where the actual bumper bolts line up with the brackets. The holes in the brackets are to the center of the bumper by that amount but are lined up top to bottom. I dont remember having that much of a discrepancy when I took the bumpers off. Also I thought maybe that bracket might have a bit of springy-ness to it so I could pull it over but the bracket is pretty substantial in thickness.

Hey guys and gals, I've finally gotten around to putting my rechromed bumpers back on my 55 super however I've run into a slight problem. The brackets for the front bumper that goes from the bullets to the bumper bolt holes do not line up. It seems to be 1.5 to 2 inches inboard of where the holes are. I've been scratching my head all day and have tried every possible position for setting these up to no avail. After my 2nd beer of the evening I gave up and decided to see if anyone around here knows what I might be doing incorrectly. Thanks for reading, -pete

I did in fact locate a rear end and overhauled it. The beast is officially back on the road. Now for the chrome (sigh)

I found a couple finally! Looks like I'm gonna have to borrow a pickup and take a bit of a road trip. Thanks for the advice! I'm itchin to drive my beast

I'm looking for a complete rear end including torque tube. My ring and pinion went out and I'm having no luck with getting replacements for them and none of the junkyards within 600 miles have them either. Send me a pm if you have the parts I need. Thanks for looking -Pete