[DeTomaso] Front Bumper Tweak

Ken Green kenn_green at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 20 18:07:02 EDT 2019 

 Hi Jack,
It's been repaired from past damage and isn't a good candidate for chrome, and it's painted black.
Ken

    On Thursday, June 20, 2019, 2:31:16 PM PDT, Jack DeRyke via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:  
 
   FWIW, I agree with Julian- to get the chrome plated steel bumper hot
  enough to work the steel, you'll blue or destroy the original plating,
  So now you;ll need to find a plating shop that won't lose your reworked
  part. This will add to the complication & expense of doing this.
  Instead, I would take the bumper to an old time body shop and ask if
  their best body man can hammer-and-dolly the piece to your specs. Be
  prepared to visit several shops- many today are only bondo-shops and
  you won't find a body dolly anywhere around them.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Ken Green via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
  To: DeTomaso Mail List <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>; Julian Kift
  <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
  Sent: Thu, Jun 20, 2019 1:45 pm
  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Front Bumper Tweak
    Hi Julian,
    The passenger side is noticeably different, and a bit ugly to me.
    They are not stainless.  I assume they are original early steel
    bumpers, they don't look like pot metal?
    Ken
    On Thursday, June 20, 2019, 1:24:12 PM PDT, Julian Kift
    <[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
    Are these stainless? You will have to be careful not to 'blue' the
    finish if so. If pot metal it's a crap shoot and dependent on
  quality.
    Is it really discernible when mounted and is it important if it was
    okay for the last 40 years? These cars have to have some character
  and
    little idiosyncrasies to be semi original!
    Julian
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    From: DeTomaso <[2]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on
  behalf of
    Ken Green via DeTomaso <[3]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
    Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 12:55 PM
    To: DeTomaso Mail List
    Subject: [DeTomaso] Front Bumper Tweak
    Mounting early bumpers and in one, the bottom part that the turn
  signal
    mounts in tilts noticeably forward at the bottom.  I want to
  straighten
    it.  I think I can heat the metal on each side of the bottom part,
  and
    carefully bend the lower part back?  This shows the difference
  between
    the two bumpers and where I would apply heat, any suggestions?
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   Hi Jack,
   It's been repaired from past damage and isn't a good candidate for
   chrome, and it's painted black.
   Ken

   On Thursday, June 20, 2019, 2:31:16 PM PDT, Jack DeRyke via DeTomaso
   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
     FWIW, I agree with Julian- to get the chrome plated steel bumper hot
     enough to work the steel, you'll blue or destroy the original
   plating,
     So now you;ll need to find a plating shop that won't lose your
   reworked
     part. This will add to the complication & expense of doing this.
     Instead, I would take the bumper to an old time body shop and ask if
     their best body man can hammer-and-dolly the piece to your specs. Be
     prepared to visit several shops- many today are only bondo-shops and
     you won't find a body dolly anywhere around them.
     -----Original Message-----
     From: Ken Green via DeTomaso <[1]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
     To: DeTomaso Mail List <[2]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>; Julian
   Kift
     <[3]julian_kift at hotmail.com>
     Sent: Thu, Jun 20, 2019 1:45 pm
     Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Front Bumper Tweak
       Hi Julian,
       The passenger side is noticeably different, and a bit ugly to me.
       They are not stainless.  I assume they are original early steel
       bumpers, they don't look like pot metal?
       Ken
       On Thursday, June 20, 2019, 1:24:12 PM PDT, Julian Kift
       <[1][4]julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
       Are these stainless? You will have to be careful not to 'blue' the
       finish if so. If pot metal it's a crap shoot and dependent on
     quality.
       Is it really discernible when mounted and is it important if it was
       okay for the last 40 years? These cars have to have some character
     and
       little idiosyncrasies to be semi original!
       Julian

   __________________________________________________________________
       From: DeTomaso <[2][5]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on
     behalf of
       Ken Green via DeTomaso <[3][6]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
       Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 12:55 PM
       To: DeTomaso Mail List
       Subject: [DeTomaso] Front Bumper Tweak
       Mounting early bumpers and in one, the bottom part that the turn
     signal
       mounts in tilts noticeably forward at the bottom.  I want to
     straighten
       it.  I think I can heat the metal on each side of the bottom part,
     and
       carefully bend the lower part back?  This shows the difference
     between
       the two bumpers and where I would apply heat, any suggestions?
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