Earth Friendly 5mph Bumper

There is a guy kicking around on other forums with a S&H Torino, and he made a front bumper support/setup out of aluminum stock.

"Pitty to see these nice cars to be limped by people"

You may change this point of view by seeing the condition of the car when I pulled it out of a chicken coop in 2001. We winched it out from 100 ft away because the roof of the chicken collapsed on top of the car. I resurrected this car from the dead over the past seven years. The picture in my sig is from 2008. The attached image is from 2001. Far from limp.

Cool write up, I can see your car is much greener than before. I think the side is the best view, it looks spectacular from that angle. Maybe it's cause I don't like the front mainly the grill . Did you paint it yourself? Is the stripe a decal? and Whats the color called?

Thanks BlueOval. It's a green from the 2008 Land Rover lineup. They call it "Tonga Green". My neighbor painted it in his garage. The stripe was painted on.

Originally Posted by dutchlincoln79

i can't see the usefulness of handycapping your car... Are you convinced that those 30Lbs will save the world? If you are so concerned, you'd better drop in a 1.1 liter yugo 3-banger engine in it...
Or you can put some smaller wheels underneath the car, having less rolling resistance...
Pitty to see these nice cars to be limped by people....

theres always one in every crowd.....

BTW,your car is looking awesome,all that hard work is starting to pay off,
i was never a fan of the 73 front, but youve pulled it off with this paint and the whole car including the front looks great

Originally Posted by steharz

BTW,your car is looking awesome,all that hard work is starting to pay off, i was never a fan of the 73 front, but youve pulled it off with this paint and the whole car including the front looks great

Thanks buddy.

Car looks great you are making good progress.

Here's my sectioned and tucked bumper mod.

Originally Posted by dutchlincoln79

i can't see the usefulness of handycapping your car... Are you convinced that those 30Lbs will save the world? If you are so concerned, you'd better drop in a 1.1 liter yugo 3-banger engine in it...
Or you can put some smaller wheels underneath the car, having less rolling resistance...
Pitty to see these nice cars to be limped by people....

Handycapping?? Come on 5mph impact bumpers were a joke the day they were made compliments of our Government protecting us from ourselves!! Anything over 5mph and you were toast anyways cause the weight of the bumper helped with nose dive and would take out everything above the bumper!!!

I dont know you tell me, did my 5 MPH bumper help in this 40+ MPH hit on a concrete barrier?