Terry,
You wrote
>I noticed someone mentioned they'd never seen a rubber >bumper GT. They're
>extremely rare in Canada, as with US they only brought over >roadsters from
>about a month after the rubber bumper was introduced >mid-'74. Anyone know
>why? BTW, IMHO the rubber bumper GT is an extremely >handsome car,
especially
>in dark colours which meld in the bumpers.
I read somewhere that the decision to remove the rubber bumper GT from North
America (US) was emissions related. Seems that the GT, due to the extra
weight, could not pass the EPA requirements.
Anyway, that's what I remember reading
Dave Bernier
74 BGT (chrome bumpers)
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