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> Bumper Colour, Can you tell that I am Canadian?
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post May 4 2005, 08:53 AM
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Trying to decide what to do about the bumpers on the yellow car. I think what I want to do is go with the body colour and the black bumper tops and targa top, no sail panel vinyl. Then eventually getting painted f/g bumper tops and a painted lid. S'what I want okay?

I have been trying to find some pics of cars with body colour bumpers but they seem few and far between. Most of what I see is either chrome or just black.

Didn't some of these cars come with painted bumpers? Anybody got any good painted bumper pics? I guess that the 916 nose and bum usually end up body colour but I will just be putting the stock bumpers on for now.
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post May 4 2005, 09:16 AM
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Steel bumpers were either chrome or black except for the LE's, and they were color matched to the stripes. Very early on there may have been some color matched bumpers also. For the rubber bumpers they were black, except for some 'silber series' cars and maybe the last few. Overall, the majority were black or chrome.

If you have half decent chrome bumpers and want to have painted bumpers, then perhaps we should talk.
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post May 4 2005, 09:26 AM
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click links in my sig... my paint isn't the best, but you get the idea of body-color bumpers... I like the look, much better than Black, but not as cool as chrome... I need bumper tops too, don't hold that against "the look" (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

when is the fiberglass toppers group buy?!?!
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post May 4 2005, 09:33 AM
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Standard car (no appearance group option) in 70 and 71 (not sure about 72) came with body color bumpers, sails and trim around the targa bar.


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post May 4 2005, 09:40 AM
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yea, nevermind, don't look at my car... look at THAT one... better, and same color...
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post May 4 2005, 09:44 AM
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Here's my old ride....

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post May 4 2005, 10:14 AM
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Nice guys, I really do like that look better than the black or chrome, the sail vinyl and the black bumpers etc. IMHO "date" the car.

Sorry Dave no chrome bumpers just lying around.
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post May 4 2005, 01:42 PM
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QUOTE (tat2dphreak @ May 4 2005, 07:26 AM)
when is the fiberglass toppers group buy?!?!

I agree....when is the group buy on the fiberglass tops!?

Count me in.
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post May 4 2005, 01:45 PM
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Cool thread, I'm also thinking about what to do about bumper color. I am even toying with the idea of making a steel bumper top, welding it to the bumper, and having the whole deal chromed. I'm having a hard time picturing what it would look like though. Any thoughts?
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post Aug 8 2005, 08:41 AM
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Bumpers are painted and installed. There have been a few threads on this topic recently so I thought I would post pics of my '74 with yellow bumpers. More in the blog. Thanks to Mike's 914's, Colborne, ON.


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post Aug 8 2005, 08:41 AM
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uno mas


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post Aug 8 2005, 08:43 AM
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Car is a bit dusty. I'm on my way out to pick up a case of Armour-All. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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post Aug 8 2005, 08:56 AM
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I love matched bumpers! Nice looking.

Armor All? Too bad you can't park next to that blue /6 that is on Ebay every other week.


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post Aug 8 2005, 09:04 AM
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interesting tow hook (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

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post Aug 8 2005, 09:05 AM
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Good looking bumpers, I think that's the way I'll go as well.

What about those fiberglass bumper tops?

Slight Hijack, concerning the roll bar trim, has anyone simply cut that lip, filled in the holes and not add the trim to the roll bar?

Inquiring minds want to know... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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post Aug 8 2005, 09:11 AM
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That's on my list of down the road things. Grind down all the flanges on the targa bar and re-weld to delete the trim. Right now though, I just want to drive the car.

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post Aug 8 2005, 09:26 AM
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QUOTE (Quebecer @ Aug 8 2005, 08:05 AM)
Slight Hijack, concerning the roll bar trim, has anyone simply cut that lip, filled in the holes and not add the trim to the roll bar?

Inquiring minds want to know... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

YES! And there might be pictures of it in the archives somewhere.

There is a guy local to the SF Bay area that did this. He brought his car to both (I believe) SSI Swap Meets a few years ago. The car was some flavor of red and he was running a Volvo throttle body for some reason that escapes me now.

I'll try searching the archives but since we all know how well the search engine works I can't make any promises (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

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post Aug 8 2005, 09:39 AM
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I'm sure I can find a better pic, but I opted for 'black' on yellow.

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post Aug 8 2005, 09:45 AM
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QUOTE (balljoint @ Aug 8 2005, 07:11 AM)
That's on my list of down the road things. Grind down all the flanges on the targa bar and re-weld to delete the trim. Right now though, I just want to drive the car.

both race cars at the MWC have done this. I don't have good picture of John's (aka Lurker) car but here is teh other car.



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post Aug 8 2005, 09:46 AM
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Oh, and your car looks great also (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)
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