Mounting area for both early and late bumpers?, Is this normal? Options

[poorsche914]

Question for you gurus out there...

My recently purchased LE has the "lip" running across the front edge that I thought was only on the '75-'76 to help hold the big bumpers.

Also, as you can see in one of the pics, the hole for the late model bumper shocks is there but so are the early bumper mount holes (of course, since that is the bumper that is on it)

Did they set up the front for both style of bumpers as a transition or ???

The bumper top was not covering the "lip"... should I remove that piece?

Thanks.

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[jmill]

Leave the lip. You need it to hold in the hood seal. The later lip lets water drain easier. Your car might have had front end damage and the front panel replaced. Rick Ollah gave me a factory replacement front panel that looked just like that. The replacement panels were made to fit all years.

Look for signs of front end damage to be sure.

[Root_Werks]

Leave the lip. You need it to hold in the hood seal. The later lip lets water drain easier. Your car might have had front end damage and the front panel replaced. Rick Ollah gave me a factory replacement front panel that looked just like that. The replacement panels were made to fit all years.

Look for signs of front end damage to be sure.

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The 914 I had before this one had the front panel replaced sometime in it's life. But instead of having holes already punched out, it had NO holes punched out. Just the raised areas for them. This included for late bumper shocks.

Kinda cool part I remember was none of the holes along the bottom were punched out, so no need for those 8 or so black plastic plugs.