You obviously have a very early bumper. The 1980 vanagons had two holes in the bumper witch the end cap had two small tits that went thru. You then had a small metal catch ring that grabbed these tits. This was soon change to the single center carrage bolt design. Joe W.
Rich Bennington wrote: >< >Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:49:58 -0400 >From: Brian Honan <cartruckbus@GMAIL.COM> >Subject: End caps > >Just recently purchased new end caps, the "Hardware" is nothing more than a >little shim that seemed not necessary and a simple mushroom head black bolt. >The price of the "hardware" is $5 !!!!! >Brian Honan > > >I too bought a new end cap (have an '84), but I'm still just a little >confused. On the bumper, in the front, are two holes that would appear to >not be used. On the cap, there is the one center hole for the carriage >bolt, but no matching hole in the bumper. Is this carriage bolt (black >bolt) just a cosmetic thing? > >Is the cap only held on by the two little plastic slide projections on the >top and bottom and the side screw at the rear? Or is there some other >hardware I need to buy. > >Rich > > > > |
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