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Old 28-07-13, 22:45
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G'Day Grant,

Yes, there might be steel stock still available. Not yet checked beyond local suppliers, who can't help. Will still be a while before I am ready to add bumper to chassis, so who knows what may surface in the meantime.

At a farm auction I attended late last year, there were two 6 metre (20ft) lengths of aluminium channel which were an almost perfect match of bumper profile. From memory, there was a 5-6mm difference in height, that I wouldn't have been too worried about. We left before their lot number came up, but I have since fund out that they went for $600 for the pair. Ouch!

Considering the changes I am making to the engine, I could have easily overlooked aluminium for front bumper.
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Old 29-07-13, 00:32
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I recall years ago when Tony Wheeler was looking for steel channel for a bumper the closest profile was 6" x 2" which was half an inch too deep.
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