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SplitPersonality
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 Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:52 am Post subject: PreA body bumper alu trim |
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I am putting together the bumpers for my '51 Coupe and I have got a set of a "old" repro alu trim..the grooved version. These were made in the USA 15-20 years ago and have been sitting on my shelf for about 10 years.
These are made of hardened aluminium...and they are stiff like hell.. I am sure the originals were non-hardened and hence could be formed to fit the bumpers perfectly.
So - is there a "new" reproduction available of the grooved type?
Or...do I have to go to the smooth / boring ones?
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Jacks
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SplitPersonality
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Thanks for the tip...we tried a little bit of that, but I am afraid we either melt or distort the section... do you have experience with annealing profiles?
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SplitPersonality
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BTW: Does anybody know the exact original width/dimension of the smooth trim section?
Is 33mm correct?
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Jacks
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splitvws
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Not sure how early or late your 51 car is but my car is around July 51 and it came with the smooth trim I still have them in a box. I have aset of the smooth and the groved old repro trims but havent tryed to fit them yet.
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SplitPersonality
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Not sure how early or late your 51 car is but my car is around July 51 and it came with the smooth trim I still have them in a box. I have aset of the smooth and the groved old repro trims but havent tryed to fit them yet.
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Very interesting, thank you. Could you measure the width of your smooth trim? |
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Alamento
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I have a '52 body-bumpered coupe. As far as I know, the smooth trim I have is original. It's width is exactly 35mm.
I also have some smooth repro trim. It's width is also 35mm.
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