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They are the finishing touch.....now to see a hardtop coupe with them fitted


When's the grille being fitted?

Love the front bumpers.

Fitting bumpers have added age to the car instantly, like the rear ones.

Smash - Very nice.

Indeed! Very nice.

They look very nice, result...

Blimey, they're quite something. Superb.

Love those bumpers, top job.

Beautifull....

They look absolutely superb well done!

You must be feeling well proud of your efforts

Wicked bumpers - a great finishing touch

Very nice indeed, they really carry off the period look.

Thanks very much - I'm am very lucky and I haven't actually got my hands dirty once. What they used to call a 'cheque book engineer'!

One of Richards favourite sayings is it's all in the details and I agree. His team have totally nailed the shut lines - perfect - so when you add the bumpers, to me at any rate, it really does look like a production car. There are (always!) still more details to go of course...

It's quite amazing what skills are out there (sadly some of them are dying out) I can't do half the things I see people doing on this forum so it sometimes feels a bit sort of fraudulent climbing on the shoulders of Nubodi's and now Bonvilles work.

At the risk of being banned, on the 8th picture down, the full on rear shot,
Is it just me or does it look like a Nissan Figaro


Sorry couldn't resist

The rear bumper does give much more of the original 250 convertible look.

Can't wait to see the grill.

Others with bumpers........

pvtZMJCUCdHB7G125lq4l2vlOou6tP9OXSmnkIr0UgA by eric holm, on Flickr
lgUBC9ZoOOpdn8u3WHgSP8EmvDAEnK3wuw-g_nFFMX0 by eric holm, on Flickr
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Image3s by eric holm, on Flickr
f572fcec57827b64b1c662b866a00a63 by eric holm, on Flickr
e136496425b613f9ccfa13c8daf15d6a by eric holm, on Flickr
cb8d06db5a66dea3fccda27856795864 by eric holm, on Flickr
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5c75ea1ec4358f27fac33d6bdd579f48 by eric holm, on Flickr

It looks like they have got the shape spot on. Hard to find suppliers who can get things right nowadays.
Probably doesn't help that most things now seem to be driven by price, not quality.

Hurry up with the picture of the grill!!!
I wonder how much they would charge for a batch of grills?

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If somebody took a mold they could see if they would fit the coupe as well........

Are they stainless or steel to be chromed?

Bet they were a few quid to have made as one offs ! Perhaps you could let Richard borrow them so he can take a mold ? He could then make GRP copies for us mere mortals !

First attempt at posting a picture, probably doomed to failure.

If it does show, it is a Triumph radiator end panel, made in GRP and then vacuum chromed plated.
If someone could just distract Smash for a little while...........

Smash - Nothing fraudulent about providing patronage to support great skills.

Really looking forward to seeing the grille in place too.

Serious question:
- Will they be fitting a "slashed" end panel on the front bumpers?

Good luck,

Paul.

PS
No so serious question:
- What was Dick Van Dyke doing in their workshop??



Hope he gave you a rousing rendition of "Chim Chim Cher-ee".

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D'Oh!

Yes, I thought the rear was the front.