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

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 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

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