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Re: 76 1500 US Bumpers

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: 76 1500 US Bumpers
From: Jambone <jambone6@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:06:40 -0700 (PDT)
You can also use polished carriage bolts to fill the holes.

Brian Hill
'76 Spitfire 1500

--- David Gates <dgates@lava.net> wrote:
> 
> Peter,
> 
> I just did this very thing last week.  But I took it off my '76 parts
> car
> and put it on a '73 1500 that originally did not have all the extra
> stuff
> on it.  Once you get the middle section off, what is left is exactly
> the
> same as the smaller bumper on my '73 (the '73 bumper was badly
> rusted).  As
> stated earlier it does have 6 bolt holes in it however.  To cover
> them, I
> went to my snap kit and found the chrome snap tops.  They fit
> perfectly
> over the holes and match the chrome bumper nicely.  I put a washer on
> the
> back side of the bumper and glued the washer to the snap cover. 
> Worked
> like a champ and looks good also.  I can take pics of it but it may
> be a
> week or so to get the film developed.
> 
> David
> 
> At 01:59 PM 6/11/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >I was wondering if its possible to remove the huge overlay center
> chrome
> >bumper rear section to reveal a narrow Mk4 style behind it.  Same
> for the
> >massive rubber blocks.  It looks as though they both cover an
> otherwise nice
> >tight bumper.   Anybody tried this?  Can anything be done in the
> front?
> >Peter S
> >
> >
> >
> 



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