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Daimler DB18 1951 on bumpers - are there two types?

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Daimler DB18 1951 on bumpers - are there two types?

Post by SteveJay »

Hi everyone

Firstly thanks to everyone's help on the paint question which resulted in a perfect result ... :D

My rear bumper on my 1951 DB18 is rotting so as i was having a bare metal respray i thought i would buy a new bumper. The problem is the bumper I bought looks nothing like the old one. i am informed it came off a 1951 but its clearly not as long, doesn't wrap round the car, is a slightly different shape and has chrome bolts holding it on as well as the mounts in different place!

the 'D' is also different, mine is slimmer and the actual D is larger

can anyone throw any light on this one - are there two types of bumper?

- I also need a rear bumper if anyone has one!
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Re: Daimler DB18 1951 on bumpers - are there two types?

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The "new" one looks like a Consort rear bumper. These days the Consort would be called a DB18 "facelift"

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Re: Daimler DB18 1951 on bumpers - are there two types?

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Just looking at the top picture it looks as though you have a front and back. The one nearest the wall looking like the back one . I have put my back one back on the car and it is reversed into a lock up garage with the front up in the air, so I can't measure that very well. I have got a front bumper buried in the shed that I could dig out and measure if that helps to eliminate a wrong one.

Let me know.

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Re: Daimler DB18 1951 on bumpers - are there two types?

Post by Db n j »

Not sure which is old and new..

However, the one at the back looks like a Consort Rear.

Given that they both have “D” badges, then they are probably both rears.

It is possible that the nearest one is from a
De/Dh 27 or 36. The db18 empress used same bumper, but without the D badge.

I suspect the extra bolts are either to fill the hole left where the over- rider would have been bolted, or maybe indicators ?

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Re: Daimler DB18 1951 on bumpers - are there two types?

Post by grahamemmett »

Steve, in answer to your question, no there are not two types.
Unfortunately your newly purchased bumper is incorrect.
Try David Beales whose new email is
mr.david.beales at Gmail.com
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DB18 1949 LCV522 (Yes that one with the P100s)

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Re: Daimler DB18 1951 on bumpers - are there two types?

Post by SteveJay »

Hi

My bumper is the one at the back, with the irons attached and the chrome is better.

Brian-H by new do you mean the shinier one at the back?
NickDeAth - that would make sense a modded front bumper moved to the back
DB n j - overriders make sense here, thanks
grahamemmett - thanks - will do

steve

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Re: Daimler DB18 1951 on bumpers - are there two types?

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SteveJay wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 11:47 am Hi

My bumper is the one at the back, with the irons attached and the chrome is better.

Brian-H by new do you mean the shinier one at the back?

steve
Yep I meant the shinier one at the back.
If that's the original bumper then surely your car must be a Consort (aka DB18-Consort, but not aka DB18) ?

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Re: Daimler DB18 1951 on bumpers - are there two types?

Post by SteveJay »

hi

Yes its a 1951 DB18 Consort... is the earlier one just called a DB18 then?

Steve

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Re: Daimler DB18 1951 on bumpers - are there two types?

Post by Brian-H »

Yes - my understanding is that, although the Consort is a "facelift" version of the DB18, it's more usual to refer to it as "DB18 Consort" or just "Consort".

The front & rear bumpers on the DB18 are different than the font & rear bumpers on the DB18-Consort

I've no idea what the other bumper is from as I only know the DB18, the Consort, and the Conquest
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Re: Daimler DB18 1951 on bumpers - are there two types?

Post by SteveJay »

contacted David, thank you

Steve

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