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> Bumpers, Stainless steel, Group buy, Gauging interest, $1200/set plus shipping
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post Jan 20 2017, 11:49 PM
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I want in for a set . Opinions A, B , E . What would opinion E look like ?
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post Jan 21 2017, 06:38 AM
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Mark, I am in for a pair (dependent on your final approval of course). Thanks for your efforts on this.


Mark, Please add to my above set: Options A, B, D. Thanks.
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post Jan 21 2017, 09:28 AM
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Not that this has any bearing on the fact that I definitely want a set, I am curious as to what the gauge of the factory bumpers are. Does anyone know?

-Andrew
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post Jan 21 2017, 09:34 AM
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Mark this looks like a pretty good deal. Count me for a set. Option a,b,c,d
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post Jan 21 2017, 09:42 AM
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QUOTE(amfab @ Jan 21 2017, 07:28 AM) *

Not that this has any bearing on the fact that I definitely want a set, I am curious as to what the gauge of the factory bumpers are. Does anyone know?

-Andrew

Read first post.
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post Jan 21 2017, 09:44 AM
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Duh, thanks
Oh wait, I think when he said stock sheet he means the stainless sheet the bumpers will be made of.
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post Jan 21 2017, 10:57 AM
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Count me for a set. Options A,B,D,E (would like to see prototype if possible)
Thanks
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post Jan 21 2017, 10:57 AM
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QUOTE(amfab @ Jan 21 2017, 10:44 AM) *

Duh, thanks
Oh wait, I think when he said stock sheet he means the stainless sheet the bumpers will be made of.

2 mm (.079, or about 14 gauge) is the thickness of the SS sheet goods they start with.

Bending, stretching, hammering, forming, grinding, polishing, etc., the steel some areas will end up thinner at 1.5mm (.060, or about 16 gauge).
All the large flat areas should still be 2mm.
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post Jan 21 2017, 11:09 AM
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As long as everyone on the list comes through when it comes time to shell out the cash we now have over 10 sets.

First hurdle cleared. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Jan 21 2017, 11:13 AM
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Im in too Mark, go ahead and put me down for a set:

Option A/ Delete tit bolt holes. N/C
Option B/ Delete front plate bolt holes. N/C
Option D/ Delete rear tow hook hole. N/C


(I have been waiting for something like this)
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post Jan 21 2017, 11:15 AM
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Would it be possible to get two fronts?

Would that count as a pair? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
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post Jan 21 2017, 11:26 AM
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Would it be possible to get two fronts?

Would that count as a pair? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)


I think fronts will cost a little more as I think the grill areas, etc are a bit more work. Once they start production I will nail down the price on fronts only, as enough peeps are asking for it.
I'd say the shipping on two fronts will be the same as a set.

Do you want me to put you on the list for now?
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post Jan 21 2017, 02:56 PM
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QUOTE(Tom_T @ Jan 20 2017, 02:20 PM) *


OK Mark - please keep me posted if they will have the front tit holes with or without the 2 extra back-braces behind the tits.

I had checked with the UK group (Barrington Group ??) selling the ones made in Vietnam a couple of years ago, & they said that they could add the tit holes & 2 tit back braces for an up-charge of $50 or $100 IIRC, just fyi. I'd have had to send them a sample 73 bumper core to measure it all up as well.

Maybe you could do the holes other than tow hole & license plate holes as an add-on option, as those folks were saying.


OK I'll ask and clear up the holes and/or brackets to see if they will want an upcharge on to add these options.
It took some negotiation to get this great price, so I don't want to fuch the deal demanding extra work.
But if if they are making some extra coin on options I don't think there will be an issue.


Understood Mark.
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post Jan 21 2017, 03:02 PM
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QUOTE(sb914 @ Jan 21 2017, 08:42 AM) *

QUOTE(amfab @ Jan 21 2017, 07:28 AM) *

Not that this has any bearing on the fact that I definitely want a set, I am curious as to what the gauge of the factory bumpers are. Does anyone know?

-Andrew

Read first post.


sb914 - he's asking about the factory bumpers - not the "standard sheet" of SS Mark put in the 1st post. The 2mm at the 1st post refers to what Mark's mfgr's SS sheet starts at - NOT what the factory bumpers' metal thickness was/is.

I was wondering the same thing though - how these at 1.5 - 2.0 mm SS compare to the factory bumpers' thickness?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
.... they weren't very thick either.

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post Jan 21 2017, 03:19 PM
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Factory bumpers are .060 so my bumpers are thicker (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)
In the thinnest areas they are still as thick as a factory bumper. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Jan 21 2017, 03:32 PM
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QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Jan 21 2017, 02:19 PM) *

Factory bumpers are .060 so my bumpers are thicker (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)
In the thinnest areas they are still as thick as a factory bumper. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


Thanx for the info Mark.

Having had to replace my front bumper twice back in the 70's & 80's cuz they couldn't straighten it due to the thin steel, I can attest to their being pretty flimsy - even with the 3 mph impact resistant "tits"! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

First time was 2 weeks after I got it in late `75, when a guy rolled back into my front bumper at a stop light on a hill - & him with no insurance - & the bending of it & the tits absorbing it cost me more of my then very limited budget! So that was a deflator right off in my ownership! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Mark's being thicker & made of stronger & rustproof 303 alloy SS - they should be a similar improvement over factory bumpers, as are the SSI HE's over the factory mild steel HEs.

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post Jan 21 2017, 03:39 PM
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Likely just a typo Tom but they are 304 stainless steel.
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post Jan 21 2017, 03:54 PM
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QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Jan 21 2017, 02:39 PM) *

Likely just a typo Tom but they are 304 stainless steel.


More likely just a half-zymers brain fart after years of using 303 spray on the vinyl, plastic & fiberglass parts on my cars for many decades - the 60's are a cruel age! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

304 SS it is!

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post Jan 21 2017, 05:18 PM
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I would be in for two front bumpers with no tit holes...
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post Jan 22 2017, 08:23 AM
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QUOTE(pete000 @ Jan 21 2017, 06:18 PM) *

I would be in for two front bumpers with no tit holes...

I'm putting you on the last batch just in case the early rears come through. OK?
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