retro power rear quarter bumpers

[5tox]

Browsing youtube i stumbled across some pretty cool retro ford video's building up a mk1 escort for a customer,
one of the design ideas showed rear quarter bumpers, has anybody seen this?

I actually think they look good and really like the idea, if the customer decides to go with it i'd be interested to see the outcome.

[madragon199]

I imagine the idea comes from the escort van....rear 1/4 bumpers....cheers mark

[5tox]

i completely forgot they had rear quarter bumpers

[turbo m]

Been following the build too.
Prefer a full length bumper myself.

[5tox]

Although i have a rear bumper in the loft i think i prefer them without one... having said that i change my mind every two minutes

[madragon199]

Although i have a rear bumper in the loft i think i prefer them without one... having said that i change my mind every two minutes

I prefer no rear bumper as well...but keep changing my mind....cheers mark

[waverunner]

Isn’t that what Retro restorations are fitting to the Gordon Murray Escort build?

[madragon199]

Isn’t that what Retro restorations are fitting to the Gordon Murray Escort build?

Yes mate...its where stox saw the idea...

[onecamohv]

one of the chaps i do targa rallies with has 1/4's on the rear of his mk1.
BDA under the hood too

[meXEco]

Full or nowt.

[5tox]

Any idea if a rear bumper can be cut and turned into a pair of front quarters?

my current thinking is that if i decide on no rear bumper i can still make use of it converting it into a pair of fronts

(now i have seen rear quarters on an actual car im 50/50 as to whether i like it)

[Graham]

I imagine the idea comes from the escort van....rear 1/4 bumpers....cheers mark

were they not upside down front ones?

[madragon199]

were they not upside down front ones?

Possibly...back in the day we use to use rear 1/4 bumpers on the front of our mk1 escorts ....but so long ago cant remember if we flipped them lol