RETRACTION: I was going to post this last night but just didn’t get the time. Thanks to one of the members over at the VCCA group, it was pointed out to me that the rear bumper has a different radius then the front bumper. That I was trying the fit of the bumper guards against the rear bumper. I did this because the front bumpers (new and old) were off the truck and inconvenient to get at. I dug thru the pile last night and here is what the fit of the bumper guards looks like against the correct, new reproduction front bumper:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/122141778/large http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/122141780/large My apologies to Classic Parts of America and Taiwan, my mistake, not yours. It just goes to show you maybe some of those “cheapo repop parts” aren’t so bad after all.
My lesson for yesterday was; Look for different contours on the front and rear bumpers of an Advance Design truck. And don’t open your bug yap until all of the possibilities have been explored.
Again, sorry for the bad rap Classic Part of America, I’ve actually had a very good experience with everything else that I’ve bought from them and half the new parts for my restoration came from them.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
