Making a slashed bumper out of a pointed?

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[Clara]

When I got a 65 it had no back bumper. I found a pea shooter cut crappy slash bumper in a junkyard and hung it on the bus. Later I found a nice straight pointy deluxe (no trim, but had screw holes for trim) rear and put that on. At the time I though 65 was slash slash, but then I realised maybe it was correct for it to be slash f, pointy rear, that 65 was a mixed year. Anyway, it looked a ton better than the icky cut slash one.

What year is your bus?

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[bill may]

august 31,1964 1965 model year panel walkthrough has slant front and rear.
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[sgellis]

So has anyone tried melding a slash and a pointed?

I have a slash with the middle rotted away and a damaged pointed with a usable section. They look the same but can't tell without putting them under the chop saw. I would prefer not to cut if they have different profiles.
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[hitest]

I know it probably does not help- but cutting up a bumper used for 2-1/2 years or so to fix one available new through dealerships for several decades makes little sense to me- regardless of good vs. hammered sections.

There are folks here who would love to repair a pointed bumper- and likely give you fully roadworthy slashie in trade. At least put your points on the classifieds if you do the crazy step of chopping and discarding them.
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[plane_ben]

http://kustomcoachwerks.com/Forums/Thread/66-deluxe-camper/page/16/

If this link doesn't go to the right page, it's p16. At the bottom, this guy did what you're talking about with a repro slash to pointed using some bay window ends. Looks like the same profile to me, even with the bay ends.
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[EverettB]

As far as I know they are the same profile and everything except for the ends.

I talked to a guy in the past who made a pointed out of a slash and he didn't mention anything except for changing out the slash ends.

I agree with the above though... it's way harder to find a pointy rear, you could probably trade
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[sgellis]

Thanks. So looks like it would work.

I am going to take another look at my pointed bumper and see if it is worth trading the way it is. One issue I have is location. $200 shipping each way makes for an expensive trade...
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[aa390392]

For the folks out there that don't know the difference, could someone post pictures for show and tell...you k ow to just "teach em"

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[mandraks]

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[aa390392]

Thanks for that skim.
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