I.D. this bumper guard--1941?

[Pete Phillips]

Can someone help me identify this bumper guard? It looks like it goes in the center of a bumper, maybe 1941?  14 inches tall.

[Kenneth Carr]

I have attached photos of my installed bumper guards. I have a 1941 Roadmaster sedan (model 71).

Front Bumper: Center guard about 13" long and 4" wide at point where it crosses top of bumper

Front Bumper: End guard about 11-1/2" long and 3" wide at point where it crosses top of bumper

Rear Bumper:  Guards about 11-3/4" long and 4" wide at point where it crosses top of bumper.

 

Notice the deep curve/notch to conform to the bumper shape. does yours have this?

I believe mine to be original and correct to this car.

[neil morse]

It doesn't look anything like the bumper guards on my '41.  I have the same set up as posted by Roadmaster71 (although it's a little unclear from his photo what is going on in the center of his front bumper).  On my car, I have a double guard in the center with the license plate mount in the middle, as shown in the photo.  Yours looks like the one in this photo of a Chevy on Ebay.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-30-S-CAR-TRUCK-VINTAGE-STYLE-CHROME-BUMPER-A-BAR-39-38-37-36-35-CHEVY-/122829402204?fits=Year%3A1939|Make%3ABuick

[Kenneth Carr]

Neil ... mine does look just like yours. I have the two center bumper guards around the license plates as you do.

I just took the photo of one of them from the side.

 

I like those fog lights you have. Are they original to the car? Details?

[Pete Phillips]

Neil, I think you nailed it--Chevrolet, not Buick. My face is red! I saw the black painted stripes and automatically thought "41 Buick".

Thanks to both of you for the responses.

Pete

[neil morse]

10 hours ago, Roadmaster71 said:

Neil ... mine does look just like yours. I have the two center bumper guards around the license plates as you do.

I just took the photo of one of them from the side.

 

I like those fog lights you have. Are they original to the car? Details?

 

I think they are original to the car, but I don't know for sure.  All I know is that they were on the car when I bought it earlier this year.  They are correct "Guide" lamps which were manufactured by a division of GM, and the oval shape was introduced in 1941.  You can read about them here (scroll down to where it says "OVAL-SHAPED GUIDE FOG & DRIVING LIGHTS."

 

http://www.buickheritagealliance.org/content/pdf/GuideFogDrivingLights.pdf

[neil morse]

2 hours ago, Pete Phillips said:

Neil, I think you nailed it--Chevrolet, not Buick. My face is red! I saw the black painted stripes and automatically thought "41 Buick".

Thanks to both of you for the responses.

Pete

 

No cause for a red face!  I can see how you would think "Buick" as soon as you saw those three stripes. 

[MajesticDean]

On 11/23/2017 at 12:01 PM, Pete Phillips said:

Can someone help me identify this bumper guard? It looks like it goes in the center of a bumper, maybe 1941?  14 inches tall.

Long shot but do you still have this guard? Would you want to sell it?

[Pete Phillips]

Can't find it. That was nearly 5 years ago.

Pete