Has anyone just drilled holes in the front shroud and attached the lic
plate? I have to do that on the rear panel.
Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
please excuse typos. Sent from my phone
On May 19, 2013 8:01 PM, "WILLIAM B LAWRENCE" <ynotink@msn.com> wrote:
> Looked at from that perspective it's probably a wash whether it would be
> more
> trouble and expense to repair the paint and body work or the bumper and
> irons
> after a fender bender. Actually in most cases you would have to deal with
> both
> anyway. I chose not to bother with the bumpers when I built mine. There
> were
> none included in the boxes of bits I built it from and the cost of new
> bumpers
> and irons, if you could find any worth buying, made my billfold pucker. I
> even
> had the holes in the rear shroud welded in. No trace of them shows. I like
> the
> look for all the reasons mentioned in these posts.
>
> Bill Lawrence
> BN1#554
>
> > From: glemon@neb.rr.com
> > To: healeys@autox.team.net
> > Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 09:49:10 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] BJ8 Front bumper
> >
> > On a more practical note, as most everybody knows, the bumpers are
> designed
> > to prevent bodywork damage in minor, low speed collisions "parking
> bumps".
> >
> > While you probably care about your AH and don't want it to get dinged,
> you
> > also probably don't drive it everyday, and when you do you probably are
> > pretty careful where you park it.
> >
> > Lastly, take a look at most of the stuff on the roads today, the bumper
> on
> > many modern cars and all trucks and SUVs will hit your car at headlight
> > level or so, unless you want to put a 'roo bar on it, you are going to
> get
> > crunched metal anyway.
> >
> > If you think it looks better leave them off.
> >
> > Greg Lemon
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