q: front bumper from '87 5k will work on a '91200tq?addendum

[Barton Oleksy]

Kneale Brownson wrote:

> Tow hook sticks THRU the cover.
>

<ahem>  Oops.  Thanks for the clarification.  I *did* warn you that I was a
newbie...!  ;-)

>
> I'd think you could take the extra vents off your '91 cover and attach them
> to your '87 cover.  Probably drill out/replace some rivets.
>

Fair enough.  Unfortunately, the car in question was an '85, not an '87.  <sigh>
Reasonably rough shape, so I'll give it a miss for now.  If I was single (!) I
might have bought it just to practise on...!

Still no one that has a resource to indicate which parts from a 5000/100/200 are
interchangeable?

Thanks...

Bart

>
> At 01:22 PM 06/21/2001 -0600, Barton Oleksy wrote:
>
> >The tow hook is on the bumper cover?  Isn't that part of the chassis?  I
> >haven't looked recently, but if the bumper cover that I'm talking about
> >wouldn't stay on because the clips were broken off, I'd think that pulling
> >this same piece by its tow hook could easily result in the same problem.
> >Remember, though, that I'm a newbie as far as automotives go, so maybe I
> >didn't explain correctly which part I'm talking about.
> >
> >Assuming the tow hook issue isn't a deal-breaker here, how critical would it
> >be for the '91 200tq NOT to have the lower air scoops?
> >
> >Thanks for your quick reply!
> >
> >Bart
> >
> >Kneale Brownson wrote:
> >
> > > Tow hook is on the other side, of course, and the '87 does not have the
> > > lower air scoops for (is it?) brake cooling air flow.
> > >
> > > At 02:13 PM 06/21/2001 -0400, Kneale Brownson wrote:
> > >
> > > >I just went out and looked at both, and it sure looks like the '87 bumper
> > > >cover would fit on a '91.  My '87 is a TQ.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >At 11:20 AM 06/21/2001 -0600, Barton Oleksy wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>I have a slightly-damaged front bumper (the black part) on my '91 200tq
> > > >>- the right corner has buckled a bit, and the clips holding it onto the
> > > >>car were also damaged so the previous owner put in two bolts to hold the
> > > >>bumper on.
> > > >>
> > > >>I have a line on a local '87 5000 (not sure yet if it's an S or a Turbo
> > > >>- haven't seen it yet) for pretty cheap, like $400 CAD, and was
> > > >>wondering if its bumper would fit on the 200tq.  I understand that the
> > > >>5000, 100, and 200 series are similar (Type 44, right?) but I haven't
> > > >>seen a site yet that gives definitive information on which parts are
> > > >>interchangeable between them and which aren't.  Thanks!
> > > >>
> > > >>Bart
> > > >>'86 CGT
> > > >>'89 200t
> > > >>'91 200tq
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >