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Subject:Re: 91 Vanagon bumper
Date:Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:50:29 EST

In a message dated 2/16/00 8:09:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
paradigm@ALLEGRAPRINTING.COM writes:

<< . Is there suppose to be "real" metal bumper under this fiberglass? And
does anyone know where I can get a replacement besides the junk
 yard? >>

good luck finding one in a junkyard....(ie, not a snowball's chance in hell)
and no, there is nothing under the fiberglass "moulding" (you can hardly call
that a bumper)
your only option is to fix it yourself, with fiberglass matting/resin, then
repaint.  ive done this before, with pretty nice results.
if i were you, i'd weld an steel angle iron between the two bumper brackets,
right behind the bumper to reinforce it in the event you decide to back into
another pole.. :<)

chris