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I bought a back repro bumper for my '66 SS convertible a couple of years ago. It looks great and fits just fine. Late this past fall, I bought a new repro front bumper from the same vendor. He tells me there are two major players in the repro bumper manufacturing business - one decent and one poor quality. And of course he only carries the better quality ones. So does everybody else. Just ask them... I have not mounted the front bumper yet. It got cold here in Wisconsin before I got the old one completely off. I can tell you it looks good, and seems to be about the same weight and guage of steel as the originals. I looked for a few years for decent original bumpers, and finally gave up. But based on my experience, I strongly reccomend making arrangements ahead of time for a vendor to bring your needed bumper to a show or swap meet, and look it over carefully before buying. I've seen some pretty poor examples displayed on their racks - now maybe they were beat up from hauling from show to show, but if I got one of those in the mail, I'd be very unhappy. Looking it over does not guarentee a good fit, but at least you'll know if it looks good. And you'll save on shipping charges. Jim ACES #2020 2 '66 SS's ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Nasta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 10:06 PM Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] Bad fitting repros > > Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Well, I just bought repro bumpers for my own 69 El Camino. They look great, > but I haven't tried to mount them yet. I'll let you guys know how it goes. > Any chance the brackets were bent, or could have been adjusted with washers > or something like that? A friend of mine just put repro bumpers on his '70 > SS clone and the car looks fantastic! > > I wonder where Ausley's buys their bumpers... > > John Nasta > Old Car Network > http://oldcarnetwork.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > This goes back to a thread some time ago about repro bumper. I finally got > around to installing a repro front bumper for my '71 Malibu that I bought > from Ausley's, and the fit was definitely off. It was shifted 3/16" to the > left as you look at the car from the front. There is no adjustment for a > bumper whose holds are drilled 3/16" too far to the right. Although it fits > on the car, the shift is noticable, so I'm not completely happy with the > bumper, but it's too much trouble to return. > > Tom Tomlinson > '71 Malibu > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
