Torn Between Screaming and Blowing Up My A Bodies!
I am getting fed up with having reproduction parts shipped to Mexico only to find they are a joke and unusable. Case in point, rubber bumper kit. I have a '65 Barracuda Formula S which is in the shop being painted. I wanted to take in the rubber bumpers for the trunk and hood so we can put them on and paint the factory style stripe.
I open the hood of my '65 Valiant Signet convertible (which sits unrestored in the back yard) to make sure I take with me the proper bumpers and I have some questions.
1) The trunk on the '65 Barracuda is different than the Valiant. Does the Barracuda trunk use any rubber bumpers?
2) The bumper kit has the two adjustable front hood rubber bumpers (with screws) that don't appear to be a problem. The kit has what appears to be four other rubber bumpers. I only see two of that style located on the rear of the front fenders (right and left). Are the remaining identical bumpers used somewhere else?
3) The bumpers mentioned in question #2 above, are not similar in design to the factory installed bumpers. In fact, when installed it looks to me that they will be too short to do much good. When the slot is installed with the reproductions, they will be even more out of whack than shown in the fotos. What is up with that?
Re fotos: bumpers pictured in the rear of the fotos are the factory installed products still on the '65 Valiant and the bumpers in the foreground are the so-called "reproduction" bumpers.
Before I go crazy, Thank you.
I am getting fed up with having reproduction parts shipped to Mexico only to find they are a joke and unusable. Case in point, rubber bumper kit. I have a '65 Barracuda Formula S which is in the shop being painted. I wanted to take in the rubber bumpers for the trunk and hood so we can put them on and paint the factory style stripe.
I open the hood of my '65 Valiant Signet convertible (which sits unrestored in the back yard) to make sure I take with me the proper bumpers and I have some questions.
1) The trunk on the '65 Barracuda is different than the Valiant. Does the Barracuda trunk use any rubber bumpers?
2) The bumper kit has the two adjustable front hood rubber bumpers (with screws) that don't appear to be a problem. The kit has what appears to be four other rubber bumpers. I only see two of that style located on the rear of the front fenders (right and left). Are the remaining identical bumpers used somewhere else?
3) The bumpers mentioned in question #2 above, are not similar in design to the factory installed bumpers. In fact, when installed it looks to me that they will be too short to do much good. When the slot is installed with the reproductions, they will be even more out of whack than shown in the fotos. What is up with that?
Re fotos: bumpers pictured in the rear of the fotos are the factory installed products still on the '65 Valiant and the bumpers in the foreground are the so-called "reproduction" bumpers.
Before I go crazy, Thank you.
