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Ricksterwallace
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 Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:28 pm Post subject: Bumper replacement (1974 Orange Westy) |
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Hi there,
I need to replacem my rusted bumpers on my 1974 Westy. Question: has anyone replaced the white painted bumpers with chrome ones? How did it look? Second, does anyone know if it is possible to put 1973 bumpers on a 1974?
Cheers, 
Rick
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Sage79
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Square bumpers '73-'79 are identical. There might be some issue with the rear tow hook depending which side it's on. Chrome looks nice depending on what look you want. I stayed white on my campers with the white tops.
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odecom5
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Found in the gallery.
I don't like it, but that's just me |
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crushie
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Found in the gallery.
I don't like it, but that's just me |
That looks like a great bus. Any pictures of the whole bus? |
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| crushie wrote: |
That looks like a great bus. Any pictures of the whole bus? |
that looks like it drove through a j.c. whitney catalogue and hit everything on the way out
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crushie
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[quote="skills@eurocarsplus"] | crushie wrote: |
That looks like a great bus. Any pictures of the whole bus? |
that looks like it drove through a j.c. whitney catalogue and hit everything on the way out[/quot
Ah, maybe you should not be so quick to judge until you see the whole bus? |
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| crushie wrote: |
Ah, maybe you should not be so quick to judge until you see the whole bus? |
ah, i don't need to see the whole bus to 'judge' anything. it is clear that it has had pretty tacky accessories plastered all over it. thankfully, it looks reversable
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| modok wrote: | | It was in the instructions back when stuff came with instructions |
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crushie
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European's seem to like bling. Everyone has their ideas on what looks the best. That's why I am scared to post pictures of my bus with the 70's hanging bead curtains I have. You have to wait until I hit my first show! 
I stand corrected, thought it was a european owned bus!
I still like it.
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Kirk 
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| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: | | crushie wrote: |
That looks like a great bus. Any pictures of the whole bus? |
that looks like it drove through a j.c. whitney catalogue and hit everything on the way out |
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encsdaddy
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| Kirk wrote: | | skills@eurocarsplus wrote: | | crushie wrote: |
That looks like a great bus. Any pictures of the whole bus? |
that looks like it drove through a j.c. whitney catalogue and hit everything on the way out |
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Do a search for "vw76westy". That's Raul's bus. He has pictures in his gallery of his bus!!!
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stuco
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| I'd stick with the white but thats just my personal taste. How badly are yours rusted? |
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Ricksterwallace
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:39 pm Post subject: So, I stayed with replacing the bumpers and leaving them whi |
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| Thanks everyone for your comments. And especially to the person who added the pics with the chrome bumpers. In the end, I decided to simply replace the bumpers and leave them white. It's true, it's all a personal decision and there isn't a right or wrong. cheers, rick |
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