[DeTomaso] Balsa bumper front!!!

[larry at ohiotimecorp.com]

No no no Gary balloons are for making animals.

Larry (the snake) - Cleveland

On Fri Mar  5 14:50 , GW  sent:

>If your making bumpers out of Balsa, why not just make them out of party 
>balloons?
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>Rob Dumoulin wrote:
>> I was thinking the same. Not only the wind, but big bugs, sand, or other
>> particulate that blows around the road.  At high speed, would that pit the
>> bumpers?
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>> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:52 PM, JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:
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>>> As always, your craftsmanship is wonderful. But I hope those superlight
>>> bumpers can take the wind blast at high speeds. There are some interesting
>>> photos around of lightweight bumpers and hoods on drag racing cars that
>>> wrinkle
>>> and distort at speeds over 140 mph. Maybe the gauze and glue will reinforce
>>> the structure? Cheers- J DeRyke
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