On Mon, 17 Apr 1995, Allen Bachelder wrote:
> This is a chrome bumpered car that has been converted! Here are the
> numbers - can anybody shed some light on this? Body #GBUD 824691,
> Commission number G23D 079157, VIN #GHD5UE 358515. The door plate says
> 8/74. I thought that by that time they had switched to rubber bumper.
> This is definitely a chrome bumper body shell: old style fire wall,
> radiator apron, front and rear fenders and valances... the fact that it
> even has a body number... but did this come down the production line
> *after* they began building rubber bumper cars? It even appears to have
> the higher ride height - I compared it to a known authentic rubber bumper
> GT (sans engine) and the distance from the top of the rear wheel well to
> the ground is the same.
>
Strangly enough I found a 72 mgb conv with rubber bumpers
installed where the chrome should have been. It was on a personally
owned vehicle (PVO) lot at fort jackson. It seems that owner really
liked the way that the rubber bumpers looked. the job was a serious
cobble up and I had to pass.
In looking through back issues of Classic Motor cars I ran
accross a kit to go the opposite way, from rubber bumpers to chrome.
Anyone have any other information on this. It always seemed a reasonable
enough conversion.
Rob in Columbia
72 Mgb
86 golf
86 Nissan Pickup
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