The Cal-look Lounge

yesterday i found the old bumpers of my 61  , i made a little polishing job on the front bumper because there's a little rust 
 i've just put the front bumper , i've the rear one , but one bracket is missing  :-\

what do you think ??? 80's look no  ::) ::)

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no bumpers!

just the black t-bars. the work great.

Are you growing old or what  ??? Before you know it, you'll have turnsignals on the top of your wings  ::) :P

I've had turn signals on top of my fenders since I got my drivers license. But this whole thing is new to me.

 ;D ;D ;D ;D it was just a test tim


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I like it, but T-bars + Lucas looks great !

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it looks fantastic fabs.i think its nice to have choices.people getting to hung up on the look.if it looks right then it probably is ;D

I agree with Mark.  No rules; it's all about what suits you.  I've still got my bumpers bagged up in the rafters and there's been times I wish I'd not sold the chromies and caps.  Being different from the crowd can be fun if it's done tastefully.

cough buggy bars cough cough ;)

Tbh iv been thinking about putting the bumpers back on my bug, I think it looks really cool dude   8)

How about full US spec bumpers:

--louis

Or no bumpers at all?

--louis

I like buggy bars, too... so long as they're on a... cough... buggy ;) ;)


That's the way it used to be back in the day.... too bad the cops gave us hell for doing it and we were pressured into some other (t-bars / buggy) kind of bumpers.  Nowadays, I bet you could get away with no bumpers at all... too many other more important things to keep law enforcement occupied.  Go for it! ;D

Both look great!  Although the weight of the bumper may take some of the positive camber out of the rear....  =P  =P  ;)

I like the bumpers. Seems like these things are cyclical.... one guy goes "back" to T bars, or bumpers or whatever, and it's a fresh change (?).... moldings in the early '90's, Gary Berg running full US bumpers on the blue car in '89, the T bar craze of 1999 or so, etc....

chrome 356 wheels are going to be the next "new wave" right? ::)

I didn't like to say AGAIN :D ;) :) :-*

Fabs,

Your car looks great either way.

Over the years, I've run plain blades, full U.S. spec, European spec, EMPI bumpers, buggy bumpers, nerf bars, early T bars, late T bars, late Meaican bumpers, home made bumpers, no bumpers at all, etc, etc.

Bottom line... run what makes you happy. (even if it's only temporary :D)

~Dave

No bumpers, and I'll PM you the shipping address because I need a set of those for my car.  Problem solved.   8) 

It's YOUR Car Fabs, do whatever the F... you want with it, no need to ask everybody everytime you change something to it.... :P

If you like it like this then Good, if not go back to previous version... ;)

Frank

Or what you could do Fab is leave the bumpers on and take the motor out. Then put a 2387cc ida motor in it place with all this extra weight it would like a Resto Cal. :D ;D

Martin,

He can't do that because that would not be PERIOD CORRECT..... ::) ;D ;D

Frank

Dam sorry Frank you are right oh well why not put a 1995cc ida motor in instead. ;D

92 NPRs x 69 w/ IDAs

--louis

without!

ok guys it was just a simple question to see what you  prefer  ;D ;D , the bumpers were on the car only 10 mins , t bars are put back  ;D ;D may be next thing will be  buggy bar

and franck i will ask again the loungers  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Not the buggy bumpers.... that would be like painting a mohawk on the Mona Lisa! IMO of course.

On my car, I ran both. I liked the protection of the bumpers and the way that the horizontal lines visually lowered the car and I liked the smoothness  and minimalism of the nerfs. I would change them back and forth though most pics are with the bumpers on it.

lol lol lol  ;) :)

Without. Matter solved. Next?

I rest my case!

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without as I like running mine with just to be different  :P