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Bumper Roundup
Monday, April 28th, 2008Some readers ante’d up with suggestions on bumpers that might be suitable swaps for a BMW507’s (since a friend is building a 507 body). Here’s the round-up so far:
Genuine 507 article:
1965 Mustang (suggested by Gary):
1950 Ford (offered by Dave G):
Late 1960s MGB (my thought):
If anybody else wants to test your parts/classics/junkyard memory, please post your thoughts!
3 Responses to "Bumper Roundup"
I’d say so far the Mustang bumper, with the early Ford nerfs is the closest match.
Those nerfs are pretty close. It’s amazing how similar the styling is, and it makes me think that automotive styling has always had a rather incestuous nature.
No idea too good to steal!
It is strange to think of how similar styling is and how you can always tell a car’s era, even when it’s a “futuristic” design.
Car makers sometimes emphasize that particular vehicles are “clean sheet” designs, created from scratch, fresh, with no preconceived notions. And yet whatever present they’re sketching in still exerts its influence, locking their design in time even though every line, curve, shape and dimension that can be created is available to their imaginations. Or is it?
Maybe that’s the catch. No matter how creative the designer he or she still draws from what already exists.
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