R. Hotchkiss wrote:
> 
> Heys Guys,
> 
> Did the road trip to Chicago from Philly and wiped out on the ice in
> Indiana on X-Mas Eve. I slowly spun into the guard rail around South
> Bend and whacked both my LF and LR sections of my bumpers.  I hit it
> hard enough to rip off the front bumper and twist it into a pretzel, the
> rear might bend back but it has a rip in it from the guard rail bolt.
> 
> All I can say is the van is tough as nails and slid to the lesser of two
> evils, the guard rail not the median ditch.  NOBODY GOT HURT!!! not even
> the dog, we did get minor muscle pulls in our necks but for as hard as
> we hit I was amazed at what little damage was done.  As I had mentioned
> both bumpers need replacing, the LF corner behind the bumper got crushed
> but only up to the seam that's hidden by the bumper when on, lost a turn
> signal lens, dented around the turn signal, the LR tow hook got bent
> into the skirt that got bent into the CAT flange (made an awful noise
> till I pulled it about a cm away) no damage to the exhaust.  Already
> replaced the turn signal bulb with a yellow one to get home on and had
> to replace the the RF headlamp cause the filiment broke during impact.
> 
> I was one of over 30 cars and trucks that lost it on the ice. Indiana
> did not salt the road and there were fatalities.
> 
> I'm already getting a price from volks sport on new bumpers, but if
> anyone has a parts van I could pick at it would sure help, email me
> prices.
> 
> Hotch
> 86 GL 127K (9K in 4 months and now a little crinkled)
> Philly
Hotch, 
I have two new chrome bumpers for a Gl. They are VW NOS.
I will sell them for $100.00 plus shipping.
                        Thanks,   Jay

PS I live in the Harrisburg PA area.-- 
 
MZs