Nudge Bar

difficult question with no straight forward answer.....
some could have been factory fitted, some dealership fitted...

 

From past discussions it seems the nudge bar was a factory accessory with part number 20285508. Most were dealer installed but maybe a handful were factory installed.

 

I have a spare.

 

Johnno
There were a lot of after market nudge bars fitted and the one in your post is a after market bar.
The original nudge bars at the point of bolting to the bumper was much flatter, see attached photo of mine which was a factory fitted option.
https://www.ferrariparts.co.uk/part/ferrari/20285508?id=62711

Tony


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There were different types of nudge bar Tony. You car is a late E series with the shorter front bumpers. Your bar sits at a lower level and visually looks almost to lie flat across the top of the bumpers. The earlier E series models shared the M series bumper design that curved into the grille so the nudge bar design had to suit the respective bumper designs. The photo's Johnno posted are of an early E series and I had the same nudge bar as it on 03342 and it was fitted by Maranello Concessionaires prior to delivery when the car was new and was listed on their invoice but not the one from the factory. That design rises up from the bumper with a 90 degree return before then curving along above the top edge of the grille.

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I stand corrected!

 

Here are a couple of pics of the bar on my '74 USA GTS. It is fairly heavy and semi-flattened as opposed to round. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

Such a point of never talked about stuff....

Shawn

 

Emboldened by my first post today, Ill add my ten cents worth:
My car was a Maranello UK photo car and it had had the badge bar from new.
When I bought it in the eighties, I asked one of the photographers if he knew why?
(This may be apocryphal,) He told me that Maranello said it was to protect the delicate nose from clumsy snappers........

 

I never thought much of the look of nudge bars on the Dino, and drilling a hole in each bumper to fit one was not something I wanted to do on my Dino when I bought it in 1974.

I can attest to how delicate the nose is though. I was at a party in '75 and was parked on the street. About two hours into the party a guy comes up to me and asked if I owned the Dino parked outside. I think he asked almost everyone else first, which was a common thing when I went to parties since my long hair, sloppy jeans,and T-shirt marked me as a low-brow hippy. I said yes and he told me that he just saw a guy with a VW bug back into my car while trying to park-- and then drove away when he noticed he backed up almost to the front of my hood.

I had to order the paint through Algar because at the time the US paint lines had no tints to match the red. I ordered three 1-liter tins which took two months for me to get. The local body shop repaired it with the body guy actually hammering and picking out the dent and almost no bondo which I appreciated.

The paint guy opened up one tin, sprayed my nose----and tossed away what was left in the tin- which really pissed me off. My Dino was so new at the time that the paint was a perfect match which was pretty amazing since I always felt no Ferrari left the factory with exactly the same red as the one built before or after it.

I still have the two tins on my shelf. When I restored my Dino I went with PPG Global which has a bit more blue in it and does not turn orange in bright sunlight as my original paint did.



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I liked the look & the protective feature but never ordered the accessory. I truly do miss my 72 Dino.

 

i have an unopened can.
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... and mine was nudged and getting repaired and I was thinking of obtaining one.