Bumper removal

[Silver Surfer]

Folks,

My friend just discovered that he accidentally damaged the front bumper on
his '74 sometime during the winter. Looks like he might have run into it
with his snow plow.

Does anyone out there have a copy of an article with instructions on how to
remove the bumper?

 

[Jim Thompson]

Folks,

My friend just discovered that he accidentally damaged the front bumper on
his '74 sometime during the winter. Looks like he might have run into it
with his snow plow.

Does anyone out there have a copy of an article with instructions on how to
remove the bumper?

'74 whatsit ?? Maybe you have the wrong group ?

...Jim Thompson

 

[Silver Surfer]

Oops. Sorry to bother you. This should have been posted in the Corvette
newsgroup.

 

[Paul Hovnanian P.E.]

Folks,

My friend just discovered that he accidentally damaged the front bumper on
his '74 sometime during the winter. Looks like he might have run into it
with his snow plow.

Does anyone out there have a copy of an article with instructions on how to
remove the bumper?

Run into it again, but harder this time.

 

[TCS]

Folks,

My friend just discovered that he accidentally damaged the front bumper on
his '74 sometime during the winter. Looks like he might have run into it
with his snow plow.

Does anyone out there have a copy of an article with instructions on how to
remove the bumper?

You mean like a Ford shop manual?
Chiltons?
Clymers?
Haynes?

A visit to a library might be in order if your friend is too damn cheap to
buy a book.

 

[Active8]

You mean like a Ford shop manual?
Chiltons?
Clymers?
Haynes?

A visit to a library might be in order if your friend is too damn cheap to
buy a book.

Imagine needing instructions to remove a bumper on an old vehicle -
or even a new one. You just look for the bolts, disover that they're
too rusted to wrench, and get out the cutting torch.

 

[TCS]

Imagine needing instructions to remove a bumper on an old vehicle -
or even a new one. You just look for the bolts, disover that they're
too rusted to wrench, and get out the cutting torch.

Tie a chain around the bumper...
The the other end around a tree...

 

[Active8]

Tie a chain around the bumper...
The the other end around a tree...

LOL

I straightened out a lower control arm that way. Big oak tree and a
tow chain. Got it straight enough that the tire wasn't rubbing the
wheel well so I could get home and fix it properly.

 

[Mark Fergerson]

Folks,

My friend just discovered that he accidentally damaged the front bumper on
his '74 sometime during the winter. Looks like he might have run into it
with his snow plow.

Does anyone out there have a copy of an article with instructions on how to
remove the bumper?

Assuming he can't find the bolt heads and nuts, there's always
thermite...

Mark L. Fergerson

 

[Rich Grise]

LOL

I straightened out a lower control arm that way. Big oak tree and a
tow chain. Got it straight enough that the tire wasn't rubbing the
wheel well so I could get home and fix it properly.

Wimp!

Just a week ago last Sunday, I saw them pound out a fender during
a fourteen-second pit stop!

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

Assuming he can't find the bolt heads and nuts, there's always
thermite...

Naaah. Thermite welds - it adds material. He could rent a plasma cutter
for probably about fifty bucks. Or do that trick that's been going around
in a gag video - secure the bumper and back the car away.

Good Luck!
Rich

 

[Ian Stirling]

Imagine needing instructions to remove a bumper on an old vehicle -
or even a new one. You just look for the bolts, disover that they're
too rusted to wrench, and get out the cutting torch.

Unless it's plastic, and the attachments are not visible...

 

[TCS]

Unless it's plastic, and the attachments are not visible...

No problem. Cut through the bumper going towards the car, turn to the side,
and then come back, cutting a U. Bumper gone, attachment to bumper gone
too. Hit the shaft with a hammer and knock it backwards and see where it
comes out.

 

[Mark Fergerson]

Naaah. Thermite welds - it adds material.

Only when properly confined with a mold. Leave that off, and it
dribbles all over the place.

He could rent a plasma cutter for probably about fifty bucks.

Hmmm. Flying sparks vs. dripping steel at better than 5K F. Tough
choice...

Or do that trick that's been going around
in a gag video - secure the bumper and back the car away.

Hey, I saw the Mythbusters that busted that one. Got a link to this
video (in real life, as opposed to a movie clip)?

Mark L. Fergerson

 

[Bob Stephens]

Tie a chain around the bumper...
The the other end around a tree...

And say: "Hold my beer and watch this fellers!"

Bob

 

[Rich Grise]

Only when properly confined with a mold. Leave that off, and it
dribbles all over the place.


Hmmm. Flying sparks vs. dripping steel at better than 5K F. Tough
choice...


Hey, I saw the Mythbusters that busted that one. Got a link to this
video (in real life, as opposed to a movie clip)?

No, sorry.

Rich

 

[Active8]

Wimp!

Hey. Pussies can't think up solutions like that. They panic, whine,
and call AAA. And I walked 25 miles in the cold to get that van out
of jail because I walked home to call a tow and some bitch statey on
her way home had it locked up whikle I was gone. My thighs were so
friggin' tight they felt like rubberbands.

Just a week ago last Sunday, I saw them pound out a fender during
a fourteen-second pit stop!

Would bending steel with my dick impress you?

 

[Mark Jones]

Would bending steel with my dick impress you?

Whoa! You have a dick?!? Or did you mean Dyke???

This reminds me of a TV commercial I saw yesterday. There was this little kid
dressed in a cape, standing around flexing his muscles and grunting like he was
some uber-strong super-hero. The caveat was, that he didn't stop - he just kept
grunting and flexing, and I said to myself "Look son, your testosterone overload
is going to create a load in your pants if you don't knock it off."



-- "Fate is not only for men to decide." MCJ 200405

 

[Active8]

Whoa! You have a dick?!? Or did you mean Dyke???

LOL, I said I want to dick a coupla few dykes. At least that's what
I think I want.

This reminds me of a TV commercial I saw yesterday. There was this little kid
dressed in a cape, standing around flexing his muscles and grunting like he was
some uber-strong super-hero. The caveat was, that he didn't stop - he just kept

^^^^ a warning or explaination?

grunting and flexing, and I said to myself "Look son, your testosterone overload
is going to create a load in your pants if you don't knock it off."

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that's the caveat, I guess.