Maybe you could let the rest of in on the secret of painting the rubber
bumpers.
Bob Reisse
76 MGB
NAMGBR 8-3559
69 MGC - stillin pieces
At 08:29 AM 3/6/99 -0800, Pat Bailey wrote:
>Hi Mason!
>Welcome to the wonderful world of
>MGdom.I'll just put in my .02
>worth.Rubber bumpered Bs are NOT
>that bad,I have a 79 which I love
>and I do most of my driving on
>canyon roads and it handles fine
>though I did put V8 bushings
>minilite wheels and modern rubber on
>it as for catching on fire keep your
>choke tight and your cat empty and
>no problem,my cat converter ahs
>passed smog 3 times with it
>completley empty!and thet's in
>Calif!I painted my bumpers myself
>from spray cans and it looks great
>I'm always getting compliments at
>car shows(you can see a picture of
>it at
>www.mgcars.org.uk/pics/mgbbb.jpg)My
>advice would be to look for a chrome
>B but keep your eye out in case a
>nice rubber B comes along,get a
>later rubber one as they have both
>front and rear anti-roll bars and do
>handle better than the 75-76s As for
>the stromberg carb I had mine
>rebuilt 2 years ago and haven't
>touched it since other than to check
>the dashpot oil.There seems to be
>some snobdom out there that certain
>people look down their noses at
>rubber Bs while I admit the chrome
>ones look better you can make a
>rubber one look great by simply
>painting the bumpers i think they
>did agood job of blending the lines
>when they put the bumpers on my only
>objection was that they were BLACK
>and made the car look heavy in the
>front painting them makes the car
>take on an entirely different
>character.Now remember that ANY B
>you get won't be able to keep up
>with the kids in rice rockets but
>you will have more fun and won't see
>yourself coming down the road every
>ten seconds.When you go shopping
>look for one that is as rust free as
>possible mine's a Calif car and has
>no rust,get a Moss catalog so you
>can familiarize your self with the
>car and if you find a good rubber B
>you like you can use the snobdom to
>your advantage by saying you'd
>rather ahve a chrome B as they are
>more desirible but you might be
>talked into buying a "gasp" rubber B
>if the price is right!Good luck and
>if you want to know the procedure I
>used to paint my bumpers (going on 4
>years now and no cracking)let me
>know
>Pat
>
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