--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00075 Date: 04/28/98 From: TOM WALKER Time: 07:01am \/To: DAVE GOSTL (Read 0 times) Subj: ENERGY ABSORBING BUMPER -> I'm delurking in this echo again :-) -> And my question is, can I just pull the front bumper out after it was -> pushed in during a 5mph crash? Its a '76 Cutlass. I've looked -> through the Fisher Body repair books but there is no info about how -> to fix one of these. Is it really a non-repairable item? I don't -> think the Gov't will go after me if I bypass regulations trying to -> fix it :-) -> I need to paint the car but the bumper is jammed about 2 inches into -> the plastic filler panels. So a paint job would be wasted unless I -> fix this first. If it is the type with the Concentric Tubes that slide inside each other yes it can be pulled out. But it will no longer be a bumper and will slide back in even with a very mild bump of something. If you don't really care you can pull it out and drill the tubes for a pin or bolt. Of course again it is effectively not really a bumper and if you bump something again it could cause additional damage to the engine subframe. --- Platinum Xpress/386/Wildcat! v1.3e * Origin: The Alien Biker Kat BBS/Wildcat/PX. Not perfect, but C (1:202/746) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00076 Date: 04/28/98 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 03:43pm \/To: JASON WEDEHASE (Read 0 times) Subj: Vehicle Weight Jason Wedehase wrote in a message to Don Dellmann: JW> Don Dellmann told the story like this: DD> Then there was my '65 Olds 88 ragtop with the 425. 5600 pounds! JW> A friend of mine has a '69 Lincoln Continental. =). JW> Ford 460, 4 bbl carb, still barely moves. Two door, too! JW> Checked the door jamb. 6800 lbs! THAT'S HEAVY!! Heck, we had a '67 Bel Air wagon at one point that weighed in at over 6000 lbs! That puppy was a real hauler, too. Got it real cheap because it had a blown head gasket (fixed that), it had bits of *hay* in the cargo area, I guess they were using it instead of a pickup or something... email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00077 Date: 04/29/98 From: DON DELLMANN Time: 01:16am \/To: JASON WEDEHASE (Read 0 times) Subj: Vehicle weights While tripping merrily through the mail, Jason Wedehase was overheard RM> at about 2900 lbs - and a LOT of newer little cars are RM> coming in under 2000 lbs - unheard of at one time. JW> I have a '66 Ford Fairlane 500. It weighed in on a scale at JW> 3100 lbs. Newer Mustangs and F bodies come in at 3400+ Actually there WERE some "light" old cars. I'm not sure of the exact weight, but I'm pretty sure the '57 Chevy came in somewhere right around 2000 lbs. (Which is why it's so collectable today. Everybody says it was the "greatest" car of the 50's, but the reason it was so popular back then was because it was CHEAP and LIGHT, and real easy to make "Hot" without spending much money, time or effort.) Don ... Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. --- * Origin: *YOPS ]I[* 8.4 GIG * RA/FD/FE * Milwaukee, WI (1:154/750) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00078 Date: 04/29/98 From: DON DELLMANN Time: 01:16am \/To: JASON WEDEHASE (Read 0 times) Subj: Vehicle Weight While tripping merrily through the mail, Jason Wedehase was overheard DD> Then there was my '65 Olds 88 ragtop with the 425. 5600 pounds! JW> A friend of mine has a '69 Lincoln Continental. =). Ford 460, JW> 4 bbl carb, still barely moves. Two door, too! Checked the door jamb. JW> 6800 lbs! THAT'S HEAVY!! But I bet it sure rides SMOOTH. :-) Of course if you want to talk about HEAVY! I once blew out four Michelin 16.5 x 22.5 floatation tires on a Mack Vacuum truck driving from Milwaukee to Philadelphia for a show, because it was too heavy. FWIW she had an 18,000 lb. front axle, 56,000 lb rears, a GVW of 74,000 lbs, and we were overloaded :-) Don ... I'm not what I want, but I'm not what I used to be either. --- * Origin: *YOPS ]I[* 8.4 GIG * RA/FD/FE * Milwaukee, WI (1:154/750) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00079 Date: 04/28/98 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 09:40pm \/To: DON DELLMANN (Read 0 times) Subj: TCC Lockup Don Dellmann wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason: DD> They sure don't make 'em like that any more :-) RJT> You sure got that right. DD> I had an accident with the aformentioned olds once, I rearended DD> a VW Beatle. The VW was "totaled". On the Olds I didn't even DD> dent the license plate! DD> Which car would you rather be in? Well, at one time I was crazy enough to drive a VW bug on the Schuykill Expressway around Philly (the "sure kill") at speeds in excess of 70. Not that I owned one of those, mind you... I drive a '77 Monaco *now*. And I have a full-size pickup sitting out there, too, and am working on another one, a 3/4 ton. DD> ... Have wife 44, will trade for Olds 88 & Cash! I used to joke around with my other half that I'd trade her in when she hit 40 for a pair of 20s. Only thing is, I never could find even *one* that was worth half as much! :-) email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00080 Date: 04/28/98 From: JOEL HECKMAN Time: 09:48am \/To: TODD JASPERS (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Well. -> an 86 SE / V6, and a 1985 2m4 (a beater). Aren't they all beaters? :) -> And i took that G-tech unit and found out my real times... i didnt -> get better than a 7.1 in the 0-60.. usually 7.2 and 7.3. This was on -> my 1987 Fiero SE That's actually pretty good. About as fast as a newer Acura Integra GS-R. But you's still get out-run by a Mustang GT, and that just isn't saying much. Joel --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0154 * Origin: MicroLink BBS * Dinuba, CA 209-591-8753 (1:214/80) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00081 Date: 04/29/98 From: JOHN FAERBER Time: 05:31pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Radio Antenna My Toronado has an electric antenna,it is 4 sections, but the top section will not extend. How do I get it unstuck, or freed up so it extends to its full length? --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: * MacSavvy OS/2 BBS * Dallas, Texas * 972-250-4479 * (1:124/1208) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00082 Date: 04/29/98 From: JOHN PUMMILL Time: 09:40pm \/To: DAVE GOSTL (Read 0 times) Subj: ENERGY ABSORBING BUMPER DG> And my question is, can I just pull the front bumper out DG> after it was DG> pushed in during a 5mph crash? Its a '76 Cutlass. I've DG> looked through the DG> Fisher Body repair books but there is no info about how to DG> fix one of DG> these. Is it really a non-repairable item? I don't think the DG> Gov't will go DG> after me if I bypass regulations trying to fix it :-) Is the bumper physically damaged or is the bumper shock the culprit ?? --- FMail 0.94 * Origin: Running from the Klan in the Fiero (1:123/30) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00083 Date: 04/29/98 From: JOHN PUMMILL Time: 09:41pm \/To: RONNIE THOMPSON (Read 0 times) Subj: VW What? RT> You can get a NEW Crown Vic or a NEW nice Mid Sized Truck RT> for $17,000 in your part of the country??? Hmmmm.... He says with some mild disbelief... --- FMail 0.94 * Origin: Running from the Klan in the Fiero (1:123/30) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00084 Date: 04/29/98 From: JOHN PUMMILL Time: 09:42pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: ??? Where doth everyone hideth ?? We needs some activity... then again so does Hot Rod. :) --- FMail 0.94 * Origin: Running from the Klan in the Fiero (1:123/30)