69 repro endura bumper/brackets.. do any fit?

[bergy]

Joe - the re-pros stick out too far on the ends, and the contour of the ends isn't the same as the "pocket" in the fender that they are supposed to seat into. There was a guy over on TC that reworked a repro & it looked good.

[camarojoe]

Sounds like I should probably wait until I can afford a GM one. Charley, PM me if you decide on a price you'd take for yours. Thanks everyone for the input!

[bergy]

Probably more than one repop bumper bracket Lynn. I used HBC & the only alteration was that I whacked the hex head nuts off in favor of stock looking square ones. NOS VE3 bumper bolted up great

[Lynn]

I agree, there are more than one.
The ones that came with the OER bumper are way different than the HBC brackets.

[camarojoe]

Lynn, you say the OER repop bumper looked much like the original, and the HBC brackets looked much like original brackets... so would it be safe to say the using an OER bumper with HBC brackets could possibly work without too much headache? I hear a lot about HBC having better brackets than anyone else, has anyone used his repro bumper? Are OER endura bumpers made in the USA?

[Salvatore]

I like HBC's repro parts. Better than most I would say.

[Lynn]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: [email protected]</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I like HBC's repro parts. Better than most I would say. </div></div>

Some of Jim's parts are definitely the best repop available. The brackets are a good example. Apparently no one else has correct ones. However, you never know. I have bought some of his stuff advertised as the &quot;best&quot; and it arrived in Classic or other vendor packaging.

[Lynn]

Joe:

I wish I could tell you for sure. I did not try this myself. I wish I had just to see. I found a smoking hot deal on a real bumper and sold the OER. They guy I sold it to didn't want the OER brackets, because he had been through that before. He said he was getting a pair of inners from HBC. That is the best I can tell you.

I did have the OER when I got the other one and laid them out side by side. Doofus me didn't take pictures.... and I did not take precise measurements. To the naked eye it looked pretty close.

Brackets were WAAAAAY OFF though. I could tell there was no way those inner brackets would work. I have not held the hbc brackets in hand, but from the pics, they look close. Bergy used them on his NOS bumper, and said they fit fine. Just for fun, I modified the oer brackets to see if I could get the angles to match up. I packed all the brackets when we moved, but may be able to locate them if you need pics.

[Salvatore]

Heartbeat has original brackets also for sale.

[ZLP955]

Some good comparison details here:
http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=155455
And a few threads relating to the fit of repros and rework:
http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=9976.0
http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=9809.0