850 spider bumpers question

Elraymar

New Member
Hello all,
How come some 1973 fiat spiders currently for sale in the USA have the continuous bumpers in the front instead of the broken ones with the curved round bar?
Thanks
 
Many 1972-73 850 Spiders have had their ugly "basket handle" type bumpers replaced with the 1970-71 straight-blade type, simply because it looks sooooo much better aesthetically. :2c:
 
Thanks Jeff,
I like the "basket handle" bumpers, maybe because of sentimental reasons, my first car ever was a 1973 850 with that type of bumpers, but why was the bumper change? Was it just for the US market?
 
Pretty sure the single blade style didn't meet US crash standards at the time hence the change.
 
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