[DeTomaso] L conversion front bumperettes

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/18/14 22 25 9, doug351c at gmail.com writes:


> Have you converted your front "L" bumper to the Euro "eyebrow" type?
> Do you like them?  Would you do it again?
> It looks like they cover the 5 MPH bumper shock absorber hole.
> 
>>>They most emphatically do not.   You have to have a body shop weld 
patches in, then touch up the paint.   Not a big deal though.   They look really, 
really great when you're done.
> 
> >I see Hall has them but don't see them on Wilkinson's or PIM's sites. 
> Is Hall the only source?
> 
>>>Not at all.   Wilkinson lists them too, as does Bobby Byars.

Wilkinson's bumpers are steel, which are then either painted black, or 
chromed.   Byars and Hall get theirs from the same source; theirs are stainless, 
which are then either painted black, or polished.   (Fiberglass ones are 
also available from PI Motorsports, and Pantera Parts Connection).

If I had an L-model, installing steel Euro bumpers is the very first thing 
I would do.

Wolfgang Geisler has done a great job documenting the conversion of his '73 
US L-model which has Byars bumpers front and rear now; photos in the 
registry:

http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/RegistryImages/RTHPNNA05891/RTHPNNA0
5891.asp

Mike
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   In a message dated 4/18/14 22 25 9, doug351c at gmail.com writes:

     Have you converted your front "L" bumper to the Euro "eyebrow" type?
     Do you like them?  Would you do it again?
     It looks like they cover the 5 MPH bumper shock absorber hole.

   >>>They most emphatically do not.  You have to have a body shop weld
   patches in, then touch up the paint.  Not a big deal though.  They look
   really, really great when you're done.

     >I see Hall has them but don't see them on Wilkinson's or PIM's
     sites.
     Is Hall the only source?

   >>>Not at all.  Wilkinson lists them too, as does Bobby Byars.
   Wilkinson's bumpers are steel, which are then either painted black, or
   chromed.  Byars and Hall get theirs from the same source; theirs are
   stainless, which are then either painted black, or polished.
   (Fiberglass ones are also available from PI Motorsports, and Pantera
   Parts Connection).
   If I had an L-model, installing steel Euro bumpers is the very first
   thing I would do.
   Wolfgang Geisler has done a great job documenting the conversion of his
   '73 US L-model which has Byars bumpers front and rear now; photos in
   the registry:
   http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/RegistryImages/RTHPNNA05891/RTH
   PNNA05891.asp
   Mike