Posted 2022-11-27 9:43 PM (#625910 - in reply to #625859) Subject: Re: 57/58 Desoto rear bumper guards NOS
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No sweat. They were too expensive anyway. I would make my own out of stainless & polish before spending that kind of dough. I need 3 more sets of them, and it looks like that's what I'm going to end up doing.
Posted 2022-11-28 2:37 AM (#625917 - in reply to #625910) Subject: Re: 57/58 Desoto rear bumper guards NOS
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Do you have a picture of thiese mounted on a car?
That would be an interesting project Nathan...I think I would make them of pretty heavy gauge stainless so there would be some grinding margins.
Posted 2022-11-28 10:28 AM (#625922 - in reply to #625859) Subject: Re: 57/58 Desoto rear bumper guards NOS
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Right, heavy material like the originals. I had been working out a plan to get it done. They are a complicated design so it won't be an easy task, but I'm sure I can do it. Here is a picture of them on my '58 Firedome. The main reason why I haven't done it already is that I don't have room to store a TIG welder, which this would require to keep the color uniform at the joints.
57/58 Desoto rear bumper guards NOS
