A 32 coupe I’ve been working on required a lot of sanding on the bumpers to get the proper door surface fit. I have a 40 grit belt on my sander and used that. It looks fine. I suppose you could smooth it up more with finer grits. Be careful when popping them in or out of the square holes as the corners might break off if you are too rough.
Went out for a test drive today. Pretty much done my "repair and repaint". It was a bit of a compromise for me as it was to nice of a car to take and ***embly in bare metal. Was painted 35 years ago for the first time, so pretty lucky I have such a solid car. This rendition I am running bumpers and used a pair of "Electroliner" fog lights that I have had a long time.
Thank you. I will have one job on it this winter. I had two gas tank covers. One made for a bumper which came with the car, the other I put on without the bumper ***s. I wanted to run bumpers again, so I ordered a United Pacific cover. Very disappointed with it. Half the weight of the other two and the curves at the ends are all wrong. I threw on the one that came with the car to drive now, just not crazy about the sunken licence. I will have to build one.
So the rains have started and toys are put away for winter. Pulled off the gas tank cover that has the sunken license plate. Reinstalled my cover that doesn't have the bumper reliefs. It appears the bends at the ends where it meets the fender has more of a angle and fits so much better. The united piece is made out of a very light gauge steel which is flimsy and has a more of a gradual angle at the ends. The sunken license piece is made out of a heavier gauge steel but again has a more gradual curve at the ends. My plan is to cut out the bumper reliefs out of the cover that has the sunken plate and weld them into my piece that fits well.
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