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Re: [Mgs] rubber bumper woes

To: dave <dave@ranteer.com>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] rubber bumper woes
From: Robert's New iPad <mgbobh@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 19:28:03 -0400
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
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    I have used salad oil on stickers.  It works slowly to dissolve the adhe=
sive.
Bob


> On Apr 26, 2021, at 4:12 PM, dave <dave@ranteer.com> wrote:
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> We are working on a 79 MGB that we are prepping for sale.  Guy had some st=
ickers on the bumper, undoubtedly for years.
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> Any ideas on how to get that crap off?
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> Thanks!
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> btw this is a very original, 44k mileage car.  Paint and interior are all i=
n really good shape.  Not perfect, but we think it=E2=80=99s the original pa=
int.  No signs of a respray.  Even the paint in the engine compartment is in=
 pretty good shape.  The rubber bumpers are excellent, except for the aforem=
entioned sticker residue.  All the pollution stuff, etc., is all there.  Ver=
y unmolested if someone is looking for a really good, rust free, Texas car. =
 Still has the dealer emblem on it, from right here in Dallas/Fort Worth.  L=
ots of documentation, too.  The foam in the passenger seat is shot; we are r=
eplacing it.  this thing really belongs in a museum.
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MsoNormal">btw this is a very original, 44k mileage car.&nbsp; Paint and int=
erior are all in really good shape.&nbsp; Not perfect, but we think it=E2=80=
=99s the original paint.&nbsp; No signs of a respray.&nbsp; Even the paint i=
n the engine compartment is in pretty good shape.&nbsp; The rubber bumpers a=
re excellent, except for the aforementioned sticker residue.&nbsp; All the p=
ollution stuff, etc., is all there.&nbsp; Very unmolested if someone is look=
ing for a really good, rust free, Texas car.&nbsp; Still has the dealer embl=
em on it, from right here in Dallas/Fort Worth.&nbsp; Lots of documentation,=
 too.&nbsp; The foam in the passenger seat is shot; we are replacing it.&nbs=
p; this thing really belongs in a museum.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockq=
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