I stripped my front bumper 2 yrs ago, 1974 BIG bumper with mounts, weighed in at 102lbs, I built my own mounts and all I have for a bumper is the chrome outer shell.Weighs in at 32lbs = 70lbs. lighter! I have pics of my bumper brackets if anyones interested.
it worked earlier anywho....type fiberglass bumpers in the search engine and everything you want to know will come up.
keep looking I've got fibreglass bumpers on mine... but I can't tell you where they came from cause I didn't build the car. Just encouraging you to keep looking. They're out there.
Just adding to the post here ... I weighed my Comet hood once and it came in right at 50 lbs. I guess the added schnoz on them is 10 lbs heavier than a Mav. I saw a fiberglass stock hood for a Comet online (US Body, I think) and they had a lightweight pin on that weighed 19 lbs, and then a street duty version (uses stock hinges and latch) that weighed 30.
yea my goal is to replace my front end with fiberglass...thanks for the link for the bumpers...much appreciated
I am probably late here, but 93-02 Camaro/Firebirds had fiber doors. Vettes... most years are fiber, but I think they have gone to plastic nowadays. My uncle's T-bucket has a thin fiber tub that passes for a body... I think as long as motorcycles are legal without doors, fiber doors will be just fine... as the 'law' goes. Now for safety, that's a different story. But then again, plenty of folks ride cycles, so what's a little fiberglass gonna hurt.
Fwiw: A good rule of thumb... 100 lbs = 10 RWHP = .10 second in the quarter So there is power in them thar lightweight parts!
