Front Body Support-Bradley GT 1

Found some:



Where these braces attached to the front of the body I ran a piece of 3" flat stock (might have been 1/4" or maybe 3/16" thich) between both supports so I did not bolt anything directly to the glass. I may have also placed an insulator of some sort on the flat stock to add some cushion.

The tubes are 1" square stock. I used some 1.5" angle iron to make the sections that mate to the beam. The angle stock bolts to the beam with heavy duty muffler clamps and then the square stock is welded to that. As you can see the sections that mounts to the body is also that 1.5" angle iron.

That are pretty simple to make and were very strong.

Just look at the front bumper installation instructions in the manual.

The standard system works just fine, but you will probably have to shim the rear end of the bumper tubes where they fall short of coming into contact with the forward edge of the floor pan. If you pull the tube against the chassis without shimming, you will force the front of the body downward, eventually creating ripples and possibly cracks in the fiberglass.

There is an excellent shim system on my CD; it uses 1/4-inch by 3-inch square plates, stacked to fit between the tube and chassis, then welded to the tube to prevent the bumpers from being able to rotate out of alignment--simple and effective. You should also use a small tack weld between each of the bumpers and its carrier tube.

Warmest regards,