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cdennisg
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 Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 9:16 pm Post subject: Odd rear bumper |
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Anyone seen a rear bumper with that odd center pressing before?
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AlteWagen
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Looks like it goes with the hole in the deck lid and apron. There are two holes in the depression also not to mention type I muffler cutouts 
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Non-factory for sure.
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BarryL 
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| To me it looks like it just got hit or backed into something. Above the flat is a raised pooch and to the left and right of the left pea-shooters are a fold consistent with a bash. I know it's a far stretch to believe that it got that perfect of a dent without vee-ing it in but that's my official guess. |
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busdaddy
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I can't find any pics right now, but I think it had one of those Westy style hitches that bolted flat against the bumper with an oval or oblong flange shaped like that (looks like a hole at each end). Just keep tightening those bolts until it squishes down tight 
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hitest
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| I can't find any pics right now, but I think it had one of those Westy style hitches that bolted flat against the bumper with an oval or oblong flange shaped like that (looks like a hole at each end). Just keep tightening those bolts until it squishes down tight |
...with the perfect impression enhanced by a low-speed tag in the hitch! Very plausible.
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I wonder what the nut looks like.
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as a huge fan of Formula racing in the 60's I must say I love this pic. 2 things stand out for me, the patch of what appears to be rust next to the TC door, and of course what would be a decade later in South Dakota be called "Hog Racks"
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cdennisg
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| busdaddy wrote: |
| I can't find any pics right now, but I think it had one of those Westy style hitches that bolted flat against the bumper with an oval or oblong flange shaped like that (looks like a hole at each end). Just keep tightening those bolts until it squishes down tight |
...with the perfect impression enhanced by a low-speed tag in the hitch! Very plausible. |
But what is behind that hitch (inside of bumper) that would allow it to make that impression if you over tightened the bolts?
I can't imagine that backing into something hard enough to make that impression would not also bend the crap out of the bumper.
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busdaddy
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| cdennisg wrote: |
| hitest wrote: |
| busdaddy wrote: |
| I can't find any pics right now, but I think it had one of those Westy style hitches that bolted flat against the bumper with an oval or oblong flange shaped like that (looks like a hole at each end). Just keep tightening those bolts until it squishes down tight |
...with the perfect impression enhanced by a low-speed tag in the hitch! Very plausible. |
But what is behind that hitch (inside of bumper) that would allow it to make that impression if you over tightened the bolts?
I can't imagine that backing into something hard enough to make that impression would not also bend the crap out of the bumper. |
There's usually a crossbar between the bumper and body, or bolts onto the back of a Unimog or other solid steel thing, here's a pic of one on a bay in Malta, ignore the crazy engine hack 
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