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> > but with impact absorbing bumpers being a legal > > requirement in the original design, > > I'm not sure this was ever true of our cars. Remember how the later Beetles got > those ugly round shock absorber bumper mounts? When did those appear? > Maybe I should have written "bumpers that deform and absorb the energy before the bodywork is damaged in a 5 mph frontal collision" as I believe that was the US requirement proposed in the late sixties. No deformation of the passenger space at 10mph was another requirement which resulted in the reinforcing panels being fitted on the inner wheel well. They cause much rust and weakening now though! Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org