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Subject:Re: start of a rear bumper build
From:Jim Felder
Date:Thu, 1 Aug 2013 10:31:23 -0500

Looks like Bell Industries may be in for product of the year...

/jealous/

Badly needed.

Felder Enterprises

On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 10:13 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
>