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I was wondering what everyone thought about bumper guards for a 1970 monte carlo non-ss

 

Any ideas where to get them?

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OPGI or Parts Place would be the most likely....

OR Jared and several other members probably have some kicking around. I'm sure someone will weigh in with a lead. 

It all depends on the look you're going for...... Personally, I like them, but they wouldn't suit the direction I went with Montelishi. 

Scott.

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I don't like or dislike them, I don't have them on mine and will not add them. But on some others I've seen there ok. I don't like the real big ones.

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🙂I think that they are a

nice option to have the front ones are easy to get PartPlaceInc or OPGI

The back ones not so easy to get not being reproduced 

So want ads or hope a friend has a set and is willing to sell them

Alain🙂

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I personally don’t really care for them. They are not on my 70SS or my 71SS ( obviously front only) but they are on my 72 W code Custom and they are growing on me. I think I have some but will probably need new rubber and driver quality. 4 million dollars. Be sure that’s what you want, once you drill the holes in a nice bumper you’re stuck. 

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🙂I agree with Dennis make sure you want them you will have to drill holes in the bumpers.

That's what I did on the 72 I restored

Alain🙂

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I personally don't care for the front guards, However, I really do like them on the rear bumper. Also as others have pointed out and I agree, I don't like the larger ones at all, they remind me of something that would have been on a police cruiser back in the day. 

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I don't like them, to the point the mounting holes got welded up before getting the bumpers re-chromed.

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2 hours ago, alain boileau said:

🙂I agree with Dennis make sure you want them you will have to drill holes in the bumpers.

That's what I did on the 72 I restored

Alain🙂

I guess that answers my question.  I am not going to drill holes in my re-chromed bumpers, and I am not going to find out how they look.  LOL!

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I got the fronts on my blue oval, not a fan. Especially if your working under the hood in the front and slam your knee against one 🙃

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2 hours ago, Robnhood said:

I guess that answers my question.  I am not going to drill holes in my re-chromed bumpers, and I am not going to find out how they look.  LOL!

It was the price wasn’t it. It’s probably negotiable????  lol. 

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1 hour ago, cny first gen 71 said:

Mike he has banana seats in that 🤣

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Now I know where they go to relax when they aren't dancing !! 😂 How appropriate 😂 

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11 hours ago, cny first gen 71 said:

Mike he has banana seats in that 🤣

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And 

the banana engine compartment 

the banana truck compartment 

the banana exhaust system

the banana wherever else they could stuff them. 

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8 hours ago, Dtret said:

And 

the banana engine compartment 

the banana truck compartment 

the banana exhaust system

the banana wherever else they could stuff them. 

Too funny 😂, I knew there had to be more, nobody will buy just one. I was imagining a trunk full of bananas 🍌 You guys are the best !! So much fun to be had at the First Gen Monte meets . I certainly look forward to being able to one day return to join our Family for such events. 

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15 minutes ago, Michael Boyte said:

 I was imagining a trunk full of bananas 🍌 

I think there was something like 75-80 of them..... someone just kept buying more & more of them.

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As far as the bumper guards go, i am not a fan of them on the SSs. But i don't dislike the look on a 350 car. I also wouldn't drill holes in my bumpers to see how they look. So much so i have a set of bumpers with them already installed for the day (if ever) i get to build a 350 car.

 

 

now getting back to the fun stuff

30 minutes ago, jft69z said:

I think there was something like 75-80 of them..... someone just kept buying more & more of them.

i didn't think of filling up your trunk Dennis, but that would be on the list for future meets!!  lol  That someone will need to buy another 100-200 i would think to fill that bad boy up!! lol

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1 minute ago, willie said:

  That someone will need to buy another 100-200 i would think to fill that bad boy up!! lol

Turns out, there's still plenty of them left....:yay:

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Really hard not to figure out which clam is responsible for this. I wouldn’t mind if we passed. image.png.f8d4a961fae483722022aff0ff79e5d9.png😝

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I like that my 71 SS has front guards, go with the rear pad. Like the looks of both on the other monte's also too.

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There is no wright way wrong way of looking at bumper guards

It is a matter of personal preference

It would be like a restoration it is the person own vision

Just my 2cents 

Alain

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