PHRED Has Bumpers!

[zblair]

With Colin's assistance I bought Jeffrey bumpers for Phred for Christmas this past year. J has been hammering them smooth, added some bondo, primered and finally today painted and installed them on Phred. They look fabulous.

Good work, Jeffrey! =D>





There's still obviously exterior stuff to fix, but I think the interior is the next thing to work on. I'd really like to get Phred and J new seats for his birthday, but we'll see how it goes!

[Oregon72]

Looks really nice Z - =D> a nicely painted straight set of bumpers really make a difference. Redone seats are one of the many things on my list as well.

I can tell you give good gifts

[zblair]

Looks really nice Z - =D> a nicely painted straight set of bumpers really make a difference. Redone seats are one of the many things on my list as well.

I can tell you give good gifts

Thanks! And yes, I really do!

[justgimmecoffee]

Nice!

I really dig that color, too.

[zblair]

Thanks Barry!

We'll have to repaint Phred again when he does (or has) the bodywork done. But we're gonna stay as close to that purple as we can. A friend had mixed it for us back some 4 or 5 years ago.

[Bookwus]

Hiya Z,

Oh yeah! That wrap-around front bumper really sets off the front end on the early Baywindows. Makes it look really nice!

Is Phred a 70 with 71 wheels or a 71 with a 70 style paint job?

[chitwnvw]

Yah, what year is Phred? That middle window, non slider, non camper window is really striking. You have yourself a real show horse.

[Amskeptic]

Yah, what year is Phred? That middle window, non slider, non camper window is really striking. You have yourself a real show horse.

It's a 1971. I found the last decent pair of bumpers in Texas quite by accident at Austin Veedub on a '70 Westy that had been pulled in not three days prior to Christmas. Knowing that these bumpers are getting rare, I forced their Blair budget to absorb them NOW.
Jeffrey has a good blacksmith's touch on the minor metal straightening that was required.
Colin

[grandfatherjim]

It's a 1971. I found the last decent pair of bumpers in Texas quite by accident at Austin Veedub on a '70 Westy that had been pulled in not three days prior to Christmas. Knowing that these bumpers are getting rare, I forced their Blair budget to absorb them NOW.
Jeffrey has a good blacksmith's touch on the minor metal straightening that was required.
Colin

I hunted for ages for a rear '72 bumper; they were unique that year. They can be had, but shipping sure hikes up the total cost so was trying to keep my search local.
Finally found one with a trailer hitch, then some other guy also wanted it so had to wait out the situation - but got it.
Then came the "fine tuning". Dents and bends turn out to be a bigger deal than they first appear, the hitch was poorly welded so I had to do that over, the frame had to be welded to receive the (also one-year-only) bumper mounts, etc...way more work than anticpated. Like everything else.
But what a difference having it installed! Changes the whole look of the thing. Great improvement.
Jim

[Birdibus]

excellent! bumpers are tough to locate. I've decided to keep the ford courier bumper on my 74 (makes a handy shelf or seat), but when I was trying to sell the bus a potential buyer wasn't too happy with a non VW bumper. Phred looks nicely dressed now, lucky you. good find, Colin.

[IFBwax]

Beautiful. Nothing says I love my bus than some nice straight, white bumpers.

[zblair]

Thanks y'all

[LiveonJG]

Z. looks great!

Purple buses are where it's at.

-John

[zblair]

Z. looks great!

Purple buses are where it's at.

-John

Yes. Yes it is for those who have them...

[Manfred]

Sweet looking bus. =D>