Date:         Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:43:46 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Repro fiberglass bumpers
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I don't know why nobody yet makes replicas of these fragile items...
VW was nuts to make them out of this horrible (if easily-repaired, and
it's wanna be) material.

It would be nice if someone made repros out of the so-tough plastic
the Japanese make their bumpers from. These can be hit and turned
almost inside-out, and you almost never see one with a split.

I'd planned to make a flexible set from the fiberglass bumpers &
side-cladding I bought from one of Bostig's buddies, but it looks like
those are never going to actually be sent...

I don't know what I was going to make them from... something flexible
but not droopy, that won't tear, snap or split... possibly
fiber-reinforced.


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Regards
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fanatic