Ugly bumper overiders

[vping]

Did the 74 model only come with Sabrina's or full Rubber bumpers?

 

[rick_ingram]

Very early '74s had chrome overriders with rubber inserts.

The last of the chrome bumpered models had the Sabrinas.

The 74-1/2s received the rubber bumper treatment.

Clausager should have the dates for the changes.

 

[vping]

I've got a set from a 73 I think I'll throw on. It's going to look much better.

 

[hottvr]

Got my eye on a 74 1/2 sitting in a guy's driveway. He has told me he wants to restore it, but he hasn't touched it. I know he doesn't know much about B's because he called the carbs Holly's.It also has O/D which I'm sure he doesn't know about.
The car has the huge overriders on it. I'd probably keep them on just to be different.
Rick

 

[tony barnhill]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Got my eye on a 74 1/2 sitting in a guy's driveway. He has told me he wants to restore it, but he hasn't touched it. I know he doesn't know much about B's because he called the carbs Holly's.It also has O/D which I'm sure he doesn't know about.
The car has the huge overriders on it. [/QUOTE]
Rick, if it has Sabrina's on it, its not a '74-1/2....'74-1/2 was the designation for the rubber bumper car.

 

[vping]

True true. And if it has an OD in it, try and talk him into selling it to you.

 

[tony barnhill]

...or late one night just back a trailer up to it (KIDDING!!!)

 

[terriphill]

Don't laugh...a guy down the street has a 68 B in his carport that is rotting into the ground...four flats, top is gone, full of leaves..but the rust hasn't gotten to it yet. I figure it would be months before he even noticed.....hmmmmm
He doesn't deserve it anyway treating it like that!

 

[Adam58]

Sabrinas are cool! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif There were 2 cars with them at MG2007 in Sonoma this summer: mine and one other. No one had to ask what year they were!

 

[PAUL161]

Sabrinas are cool! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif There were 2 cars with them at MG2007 in Sonoma this summer: mine and one other. No one had to ask what year they were!

COOL? OH MY!

It does put them in a specific time frame though. Thank goodness, not for long.

 

[WA1KWA]

"Sabrina" overriders started with car #340000 (January 1974 build)if I recall correctly. Previous to that number have the chrome with rubber inserts tha began with the so-called "Leyland-ized" 1970 cars. My 1974 B is #336nnn (December 1973 build), & it has the chrome with rubber insert overriders.

Colin

 

[PaulP]

I removed the Sabrinas from my '74 altogether and rather like the clean look. If you do put the chorme/rubber overriders on, it looks better if you use front overriders on the rear so you don't end up with 4 license plate lights.

Folks will still know it's a '74 from the rear bumper with the center bolt and the more outboard location of the overriders.

Paul