[DeTomaso] Bumpers

[Joel Montero]

Hi Chuck. 

 

Thanks.  I am not looking for the pre-L bumperettes.  When De Tomaso was
forced to go to the impact bumpers for the U.S. market, they did so by
adding the turn signal pods to the front body work and developing the
L-type rubber bumper.  Impact bumpers were not required for Euro cars,
but they stayed with the new turn signal pods and created a single piece
chrome bumperette without the integral turn signal.  As I understand it
these were only produced for European cars after 1972 making them fairly
rare.  If you have the most recent copy of the PI Pantera magazine, you
can see an example of what I'm talking about on the silver feature car.
It is a set of these later chrome bumperettes that I'm interested in.  

 

Joel

 

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From: cengles at cox.net [mailto:cengles at cox.net] 
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 1:34 PM
To: Joel Montero
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Bumpers

 

Dear Joel, 

You'd best check with Mike Drew. As I recall, his international
peripatetic Pantera studies have shown that, like the Campy wheels,
there isn't just *one* preL chrome bumperette. I think that there are
,at least, two, maybe three. Mike could perhaps tell you which ones
might fit most easily to your car. 

Good luck, Chuck Engles 


---- Joel Montero <jmontero at fcmat.org> wrote:
>Okay, I know this is a wild shot in the dark, but I am on the hunt for
a
>set of the original Euro style L model bumperettes. These were the
>front bumpers that European cars used in place of the rubber L-types
>that came on U.S. cars. Yes I know that I can get them in carbon fiber
>and fiberglass from the vendors, but I am looking for them in chrome.
>On the remote chance that anyone on the list has or knows of a set for
>sale, please contact me. Any suggestions on how I might proceed to find
>a set would be appreciated as well.
>
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>Thanks so much.
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>Joel
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