Lester,
There was a factory option for the rear bumpers that was a half
circle on each end with a straight bars connecting the two half
circles. Sort of the equivalent of the bar badge bar option for the
front bumper.
Bob Kitterer
1960 Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Sprite Mk III (Trevor, in boxes)
2000 Miata Special Edition
On Oct 9, 2005, at 8:01 AM, Lester Ewing wrote:
> Ok, so I saw this Bugeye on eBay with the same rear bumper that I
> have sitting in the shop. It looks like a small diameter tube
> stretched between the two rear bumper bits. Is that a factory
> option, a rare option, or a common mod?
>
> .. a better description..
>
> consider the letter "C", rotated 90 to the right. Now slightly
> bend in the bottom of each open end so that it resembles a slightly
> opened staple. This extends a few inches past the regular
> bumpers .. this is just getting worse isn't it..
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