It was your car without the bumper this Sunday that brought the issue to my
attention. I think they look better without them and will go that way with
mine.
Of course, I don't have a nicely chromed one sitting a corner to tempt me.
Glen Byrns
59 Bugeye
3 other crappy, no-fun, family cars
Bryan wrote:
> I pretty sure, bumper requirements in CA were not established until the
70's,
> (hence the rubber bumpered LBC's), and those laws are not retroactive to
cars
> manufactured before that time. For instance, take a look at all the
'custom
> cars' without a front bumper. In any case, I have never ever heard of
anyone in
> CA being sited for not having a front bumper on their car, in fact, rear
bumpers
> are still an 'option' on new pickups here, so I think you can rest easy.
> I do have the complete bumper assembly for my car, however, I haven't
gotten
> around to refinishing the mounting brackets yet, in addition, I do like
the way
> the car looks without it. Besides, if I did mount it, the first time I
scraped a
> curb, there goes my $100 chrome job.
>
> - Bryan
>
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