Hood bumpers

[shelbydoug]

What's the right short (front) hood bumper for a '68? Is it the same as a '67? Got a good picture?

[Coralsnake]

[shelbydoug]

The angled ones are what I think are the original ones but the on line supply houses are showing another.
It's hard to find an 18 year old that knows what I'm talking about these days. As a matter of fact there aren't many my own age that know WTF I'm talking about as well, so...

VVV These are wrong, right?

[Coralsnake]

Those are correct for front

Rear bumpers are taller

I know what you are talking about 50% of the time 

[shelbydoug]

I had a customer stop me one day and say, "I know what you problem is." I thought..."which one?".

He continued, "you're a genius, That's why no one knows what you are talking about".

I'll have him call you. He'll make you feel good. 

[8T03S1425]

I have a FU question about this. Ahhh, that would be a Follow Up question.

How do these get installed?

I figured there was a pusher tool, like a puddy knife, maybe 1/2" wide and 1/32" or 1/16" thick. It pushes the barb from above; between the bumper halves. That, in its self, didn't work for me, even after I lubed the barb with liquid soap. I had to trim the width of the barb with a razor. Even after several minor trimmings, installation was difficult. Surely, trimming the barb isn't part of the standard installation procedure.

Did I give up to easily?

Steve

[427heaven]

A larger blunt nose screw driver... A rag to fold in your hand for sensitive types... Butter up the bumper with lanoline hand cleaner, mainly because most car guys have hand cleaner and it works great on things that wont slide. Leave out in the sun a little to soften up the rubber and then put that manly body in motion to slowly and steadily push down with a little wiggling and presto it will pop in!

[shelbydoug]

You push them in with this thing called your hand. Maybe it's just that mine are blunt instruments?

[8T03S1425]

Sounds easy enough, but I gotta say, twern't that easy with the new hood bumpers I bought. The last thing I wanted to do was shave the barb.

The difficulty may have been temp related. Heating the bumpers before installation may have helped by making the rubber softer. The rubber seamed to be too hard to compress through the hole and my tool was puncturing the rubber.

Mission accomplished after an hour and 2 beers.