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Subject:Re: Almost finished my front bumper
From:Edward Maglott
Date:Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:17:24 -0400

That looks great!  nice understated, sleek shape.
Edward

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> I ran out of patience and painted the thing. Made from 1/4" 6061 aluminum
> plate, centre section 3/4" thick. Got tired of cutting, welding, grinding,
> rinse-repeat, Not entirely happy with the end cap design, but again I got
> tired of futzing around with shapes.
> I should have modelled in plywood instead of making things up in aluminum
> as I went along :-)
>
>
> https://shufti.wordpress.com/2015/07/22/vanagon-front-bumper-build-pretty-well-done/
>
> It's not a bull bar, that tube affair, it's a light bar. I'm still mucking
> around with my aux lights so I have yet to mount them on top of the bar.
> I'll post something about the lights and install soon.
>
> Alistair
>

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