[Healeys] Front Apron Doesn't Fit

[Harold Manifold]

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.
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.

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.

Thanks... Harold



On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 6:38 PM Perry Small <healeyguy at aol.com> wrote:

>
> Harold
> 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?
> If so did you lay the new apron on the old one? I’ve seen a lot of bent
> bumpers over the years.
> Perry
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 27, 2022, at 9:02 PM, Stephen Hutchings via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
> >
> > 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!
> >
> > Stephe, BJ8
> >
> >> On Oct 27, 2022, at 6:38 PM, Harold Manifold <manifold at telus.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> 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.
> >> This one will require surgery to get it to fit. Is there a new one that
> is known to fit?
> >>
> >> Harold
> >>
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