I can safely say the chrome bumpers absorb virtually no shock at all. In
two separate incidents, I have had people back their car right into the
front of two of my MGs. In each case, the person put their car in reverse
and the impact was probably 5 mph at best - leaving me with bent over
riders and crumbled hood. On my rusted 65B (my college car), I just bent
everything back. On my 71BGT, the estimates for repair ran from $500-$800
which included a hood replacement. This was in '85. State Farm conned me
into a $250 settlement. I know better now.
David
At 02:05 PM 11/7/2001 -0600, Charles & Peggy Robinson wrote:
> I drive a CB B and have had the things off the car. The bumpers are
>made of succ thing gauge steel that they wouldn't absorb much in the way
>of shock at all. All you can say about them is that they look nice.
>
> Cheers,
>
> CR
> '69 B
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