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Re: Fw: AH 100 Rear Bumper

To: John Rued <rudedoggg@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Fw: AH 100 Rear Bumper
From: Mike MacLean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:13:23 -0700
Gee, I want one too!

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Mike MacLean
60 Sprite
56 BN2
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John Rued wrote:

> Can anyone assist in this endeavor?  Anyone with decent condition 
> bumpers who'd want to take one for the (Hundred Four) team and loan 
> them to Jorge? I'm sure we could make it worth your while...
>
> John Rued
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "JORGE CERVERA" 
> <jorgecervera218@hotmail.com>
> To: <rudedoggg@earthlink.net>; <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
> Cc: <JORGECERVERA218@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:21 AM
> Subject: AH 100 Rear Bumper
>
>
>> HI JOHN & RICH,
>>
>> IN THE MID '70'S AND UP TO 1992, I USED TO MAKE AND I STILL HAVE THE 
>> TOOLING TO FORM THE CONTOUR OF THE 100-4 FRONT & REAR BUMPERS, BUT 
>> UNFORTUNATEDLY, I CANT FIND THE JIG OR THE USED  ORIGINAL BUMPERS TO 
>> GIVE THEM HE CORRECT CURVATURE WIDTH AND LENGHT AND I SOLD MY 100-4 
>> IN 1995...
>>
>> IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO WILL LEND ME A PAIR OF ORIGINAL F&R BUMPERS 
>> AND OVERRIDERS WE CAN MAKE THEM AGAIN...
>>
>> LET ME KNOW,
>> YOUR FRIEND,
>> JORGE CERVERA
>>
>>> Jorge,
>>> Word is out on the Healey internet list that you have the resources 
>>> required to make an accurate heavy guage 100 rear bumper.
>>> Should you ever decide to tool up, count me in.  I want one.
>>> John Rued
>>
>>
>> Hi Jorge,
>> I wrote you a while ago about the need for an accurate rear bumper 
>> for the Healey 100, one with the curvature that will parallel the 
>> rear of the body when viewed from above.
>> This is currently being discussed on the Healey Email list and I want 
>> to urge you to produce one that is correct. All the current offerings 
>> are shaped too straight. If an enthusiast wants to do one right we 
>> currently have to buy the poor reproduction, send it to a bumper shop 
>> with a template and have the chrome stripped from the bumper, the 
>> shape altered, then the triple chrome plating to complete it. This 
>> total cost obviously becomes almost triple the price.
>> Do you currently have the dies to make these?
>> I would send you an original if I had one, but unfortunately I do not 
>> have one.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>> Rich Chrysler
>>

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