Hi,
I'm wondering if the 356 BT5 Carrera GT exposed at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart has aluminium bumpers?
Aluminum bumper
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Re: Aluminum bumper
What do we know about the existence of aluminium bumpers? Is there some background discussion that I have missed? I'm not saying they don't exist, I just never heard of one personally and my 1959 lightweight GT coupe had steel bumpers, but that doesn't necessarily prove anything. A related comment: the 59GT had thinner metal bumper brackets, which I did not know existed until I saw them for myself. In case you wondering, they were clearly a factory part.
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Re: Aluminum bumper
Because I found an aluminum front bumper on the net;
Like you, it's the first time I saw this kind of part and never heard about it in the past.
So, I suppose it's not coming from the Porsche factory ...Maybe I'm wrong ...
Like you, it's the first time I saw this kind of part and never heard about it in the past.
So, I suppose it's not coming from the Porsche factory ...Maybe I'm wrong ...
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Re: Aluminum bumper
It looks quite legitimate. I also never heard of those.
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Re: Aluminum bumper
My good friend had a late 51 early 52 split window, the fan shrouding was aluminum.
I have never seen another one. What made us believe it was original to the car?
His car was ALL matching numbers!! In addition to the last 3 digits being present on all of the panels,
The last 3 digits were present on the backs of the aluminum bumper decos as well as the back of the wooden garnish rails.
Just an FYI, there are a lot of nuances with Porsches, that what makes it fun.
I have never seen another one. What made us believe it was original to the car?
His car was ALL matching numbers!! In addition to the last 3 digits being present on all of the panels,
The last 3 digits were present on the backs of the aluminum bumper decos as well as the back of the wooden garnish rails.
Just an FYI, there are a lot of nuances with Porsches, that what makes it fun.