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Originally Posted by azitizz
Thanks JB3. This was exactly the kind of inspiration I needed to go ahead with this repair.
This is what I love about this forum...
Honestly Ive learned and done 90% of all the repairs done on my wagon through the forums. I owe more than Ive give, but Im still learning, So at some point Ill be able to gove more than take...
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Same here, this forum is the only way ive kept my antique cars as DDs
Those bumper tabs are a pain, there are so many 123s where the tabs are corroded out and the bumpers are just hanging on the shocks.
My neigbor had an alternate idea when i was doing my bumper, i got rid of the rubber ends entirely because of rust so didnt have a problem accessing the inner bolt heads, but he pointed out if i still had the bumper trim pieces, it might be hard to access.
His suggestion was to weld a small piece of pipe to the end of the shock instead, and run one long carriage bolt from the top of the bumper to the bottom through the pipe. Just another idea to play with when you are fabricating maybe
I didnt think it would work unless i made a tab to bring the pipe piece back a little, or the bumper would end up too far out, but definitely a workable idea. Im going to have to do fhis exact same repair on my wifes wagon too, her bumper is falling off as well