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North American B210s have "park bench" safety bumpers capable of 5 mph collision without damage. Other countries use a stylish chrome small bumper.

1 Worldwide Style
2 North America

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Worldwide Style

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Front

H5000 -7701
H7400 7702-
H5800 L16

with upper overrider bar
H7510 A14T twin carb
H7512 *A14T.GX 7702-

overriders 7702-, except DX

Upload click to view Album 6345

PB210/GB211.early (no overrider)

GB211.from_7702 H58 (with overrider)
brochure

H50 Front bumpers stays -- All years A12/A14 JAPAN (H58 is for L14/L16)

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Rear

Some countries used a narrow license plate cutout (e.g. Japan) and other countries used wide plate cutout (e.g. Australia)

BUMPER ASSY-REAR
COUPE
  85010-H5500 -7701
  85010-H7405 7702-
SEDAN
  85010-H5000 -7701
  85010-H7405 7702-

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Sedan Narrow Plate

85011-H5000 -7701 [4-hole, no provision for overriders]
85011-H7400 7702- [6-hole]

Malaysia | Japan
WIKI go to Wikipedia

PB210 sedan
Album 8167

Fitted to Sunny Truck
Album 21423

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85011-H5000

Used in Japan market until January 1977 [4-hole, no provision for overriders]

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REAR BUMPER -7701
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1 85011-H5000 BUMPER-rear S-all
2 85204-H5000 STAY-bumper rear (R.H.)
3 85205-H5000 STAY-bumper rear (L.H.)
4 62663-27700 BOLT-special (M6) 4
5 01221-00021 NUT-flange (M6) 4
6 01221-00031 NUT-flange (M8) 2

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Sedan Wide Plate

Sedan bumper is a plain steel one-piece type. non-Japan
Album 5138 flicker click to view

World Bumper doesn't quite cover holes on North America rear body

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Coupe

Coupe bumper has holes for rear reflectors. Japan Coupe uses wide plate version.
Album 6346 Album 4302

Japan KB210.A12 carriage bolts
Japan KB210.A14 rubber overriders

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1 85010-H5500 BUMPER-rear Coupe
2 85204-H5500 STAY-bumper rear RH Coupe
3 85205-H5000 STAY-bumper rear LH Coupe

fixing stay to bumper QUANTITY 4 EACH
4 62663-27700 BOLT-special M6 4Coupe
5 08915-53610 WASHER-plain 4 Coupe
6 08915-13610 WASHER-lock 4 Coupe
7 08911-10610 NUT 4 Coupe

fixing stay to body [not shown diagram]
01221-00031 NUT
62685-73000 RUBBER-WASHER

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A14T

85010-H7516 7702- OPTION K.A14T
3-piece bumper with rubber and metal overriders

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Wagon

Wagon uses 3-piece bumper (straight bar with bolt-on ends). Has no plate cutout as the number plate mounts above the bumper.
Album 27250 Album 12583

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Brackets

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North America

USA and Canada market. For 1974, USA models got large bumpers to meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards regulation 215(b). The mandate that created the "park-bench" bumpers were not about safety, but part of the Cost Saving Act. The idea was to reduce the cost of repair of minor accidents (below 5 mph) and so benefit the consumer. For more details, see FMVSS 215.

brochure

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Front North America

1974 non-chrome, no rubber overriders, black sight shield
1975 different color, rubber overriders, black sight shield
1976 chrome beam with rubber ends, rubber overriders, Coupe has body color-keyed rear sight shield.
1977-1978. The external appearance of the bumpers has been improved

1974 - no overriders
Post 491917 brochure

1975 - non-chrome with overriders (grille in 2nd photo is 1978)
Post 323956 Post 490995

1976 - Chrome beam with many bolts (grille is 1977)
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1977 - Chrome beam bumper with fewer bolts

1978 black grille
Album 14731

Front sight-shield covers the gap between body and bumper
Album 12274 Post Upload click to view

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Rear North America

1975 Sedan Rear
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1976 Sedan Rear

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Rear panel

A rear panel is used in USA instead of a beaver panel.

1974-1975: body color-keyed
1976-1978 Sedan: body color-keyed
1976-1978 Coupe: black

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Retrofitting Worldwide Bumpers

You will need make up new custom brackets to mount the worldwide bumpers (120Y or JDM B210) onto a North American B210.
Album 9305

SEDAN REAR: When fitting the smaller bumpers there's two holes, from where the 5mph bumper shocks/brackets mount. And the new bumper covers the top half of them. So a new beaver panel is not really needed.

USA: large holes. Worldwide: small holes
Album 21029 Album 19693

COUPE REAR: A new beaver plate should be fabricated.

North America bumper removed
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round reflectors to plug the holes
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Fabricate a mesh panel
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FRONT:

NOTE: 1200 bumpers don't quite fit the B210. They need to be bent a little bit, and are narrower.

Barracuda sells B210 bumper in steel about $300

The wide-cutout bumper has just happens to line up perfectly the with lower valence on a North America B210, but the JDM bumper has a smaller plate cut-out, about the size of a US license plate. the JDM bumper makes for a cleaner install, but the wide-cutout bumper may be cheaper and easier to obtain out of Australia.

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