Triumph Repair: Front Bumper Mount, silly, custom

Question
How should I mount a GT6 '63-65 front bumper to a 1979 Spitfire 1500 so that the hood hinges will not be impaired?

Answer
Terry,

If you truly have a '63-'65 GT6 bumper you should get the rest of the car and restore it, as it'll be worth an absolute fortune.

Normal GT6 production started in 1966 for the 1967 model year, and ceased in 1973.

As to how to mount an early roundtail Spitfire bumper to the front of  a squaretail Spitfire?  Why do that?  The bumper won't match the lines of the bonnet.  Nor the lines of the separate valences.  

If you're absolutely set on doing this, rig brackets to hold the early bumper in about the same location as the stock bumper.  Or, devise some form of bracket to suspend the bumper from the front of the bonnet.

Cheers,

Jim