Here is the bumper I cam up with...I also like it thinner no one rally wants a wide bumper!!!! LOL!!! http://youtu.be/VR_TPo5YRNM ________________________________ From: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2013 1:28 PM Subject: Re: start of a rear bumper build Looking good Alistair. What fasteners would you use? SS? Any real risk of a reaction between the Vanagon steel frame and an aluminum bumper? (not to be a wet rag or anything. ;) ) On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:13 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > I've posted my progress to date of my "hard to keep the pot boiling" rear bumper build. Very early days yet. > > http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/08/01/vanagon-rear-bumper-build/ > > I'm making it from 1/4" 6061 aluminum . Why aluminum? because I like the stuff, nicer to work with than steel, cleaner too. And I tend to contradict Colin Chapman's dictum of "simplify and add lightness" so starting with a lighter material will help keep the overall weight down :) > > > alistair -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine Swap Group: http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej |
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