I like that pic also, if it had a chin spoiler I think it would help. Kind of like a 65 or 66 shelby mustang and it can't be anymore dangerous than one of those mustangs running without a bumper.
I like the look, gives the car real sharp lines. I just don't you find very many pics, because as it has been mentioned how safe it would be not to have them, not to mentioned that most states require bumpers on all cars. Just curious, how about strip only cars, are allowed not to run without bumpers?
Well I know I see tons of car without bumpers.....especially older ones that had big chrome bumpers. I think that most people are so used to cars not having a real bumper anymore that nobody even notices when an old car doesn't have a bumper. On most modern cars there is actually nothing definable easily as bumpers, just plastic airdams with shitty bumper underneath.
Sorry, no more pics of that car. As a point of interest though, if I don't find a set of "small bumper" swap parts soon, I'm seriously thinking of building a glass rollpan similar to the one on this car, but with more styling cues linking it visually to the pan on the "R" version '65-'66 Shelby 'Stangs (seeing as I'm building a Shelby Maverick phantom). If I go that route, I'll definitely post pics as soon as it's done. I'm definitely going to work up a set of Shelby style side scoops too, but with these I will attempt to blend the look of the original Shelby scoops with the look of the Grabber hood scoops. It's my idea that if there had been a "madde in the U.S.A." Shelby Mav, it would have been an entry level vehicle, so the "look" would have had to be achieved as economically as possible; no altogether newly designed hood (maybe open ducts for the Grabber hood?), no radically redesigned fenders or fancy mags (painted "Magnum" style wheels with Shelby center caps?). One man's guess is as good as another. Later. John B.
I too have wondered what a Mav. would look like with a shelby R type Valance. I even wondered how hard it would be to buy one of the fiberglass one 's made for the Mustang and fit it to the Mav. Not sure how wide a Mustang is under the bumper but I bet they are close. With fiberglass it should be easy to cut the valance in two and narrow or widen it. Speaking of safety, I don't think the little bumper adds a whole lot to the structure of the car do they?
I suspect a stale pretzel would offer as much impact resistance as those small bumpers...but it would't be nearly as pretty! I always heard that it wasn't bumpers that were required so much as a clean front end, i.e., no unfinished edges of sheetmetal, etc. Look at how many guys run around with rollpans without getting harassed. I don't know what it would take to modify an existing Shelby "R" pan, but I'd hate to muck one up. If I go with making my own, I will definitely get a mold out of it. My daughter's boyfriend is a partner in a company that manufactures homebuilt planes, so he has the skills, shop and materials to do the job. They even play with carbon fiber in there. Sounds like a good son-in-law prospect, doesn't he? John B.
