4kcsq totalled... :) Dumb Question?

[Lawrence C Leung]

You probably could pull the beam (or whole piece, decided on which cover
to keep later) from a junkyard, or better yet, a U-Pull-It yard for about
$25 - $30.

LL - NY

On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:51:27 -0500 aparatii at xprt.net writes:
>
>In my personal tradition of attempting to keep at least one car on 
>the road at a time, the volvo 122s is in need of some care and so I'm 
>
>back to the Audi again.. (finally!)
>First off I'd like to thank everyone here who's advice helped me 
>decide to keep the 86 4kcsq after crashing and having it declared 
>totalled.  Driving it around the Portland area yesterday really made 
>me appreciate how much I would have missed it if I let the insurance 
>co keep it.
>So far I've got it all fixed (mechanically anyhow) and am just 
>struggling with the bumper now...  Not sure what would be the best 
>way to proceed since this has been my first frolic into the land of 
>auto body.  Now that all the stuff up front that was bent out of 
>whack is all straightened out, I just need to put the bumper back on 
>and realign the headlights right?  Of course, what I amazingly didn't 
>
>consider is that the bumper was bent up too and of course doesn't fit 
>
>now.
>The red and black plastic cover is in fine shape as it is flexible, 
>and wasnt scratched in the straight-on impact, but the metal bumper 
>itself is bent inward right in the middle, so it doesn't allow the 
>bumper to clear the radiator support bar...  
>So now what?  Would it be easier to try to find the whole assembly in 
>
>red, try to find just the metal bumper (which the turnsignals attach 
>to), or to straighten the one that's in there (its not ::mangled:: 
>just bent)??
>
>Cost is most definitely an issue, by the way..  Consider me extremely 
>
>frugal!
>
>Any ideas are most definitely appreciated!
>Thanks,
>Carl
>
>
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