260 240 bumpers?

[glistx]

What the difference between 74 260z bumpers and 72 240z bumpers on black dragon auto besides the price?

[mars23z]

There are 2 260z bumpers early and later 74 the early one were thinner more like the 240z the later ones were fatter like the 280z but both were fatter then the 240z. Hopefully someone can add to this hope this helps. Chris

[MikeW]

Even the early 260 bumpers would be different than those from a '72. For '73 the bumpers were mounted differently and stick out from the body slightly more. I don't know if '73 bumpers are the same as early '74 bumpers but neither are right for a '72.

[CANDYBLUE2+2]

Let me have a go at it. I promise to keep this simple:

240Z bumpers, pretty

260Z bumpers, ugly

Just my 2 cents,

[DaveN]

Re early Z bumpers, here's a high spot summary

70-72 240: purely decorative, no government bump resistance standards.

73 240: slightly larger, stronger, further from sheet metal to meet the first year's interim federal standard.

Early 74 260: much larger & stronger, w. shock absorber mounts to meet the "permanent" federal standard. Unibody redesigned (RLS series)

late 74 & 280's: Mid-life styling update, structural design revisions.

[mars23z]

The early 260z like mine have the smaller bumper simalar to the 240z the late 260z has bumpers like the 280z.