[T3] Bumper Questions

[hedge <hedge@bluegrass.net>]

<x-flowed>The rear bumper brackets of our '69 fastback seem very thin and weak.
I suppose they are designed to crumple, sacrificing the fenders and 
apron instead of bending the frame, but they really seem thin.

How do these bumpers protect the car in actual practice?

Does anyone think these can be improved upon in some way?

Would fashioning a stronger bracket be unsafe?


Regarding the front bumper:

How do those thin-walled tubes that go down at an angle from the bumper 
actually function in a collision??

Does anyone think these can be improved upon in some way?

Thanks,

Hedge

'69 Fastback
'75 VWPorsche 914 (Der LJetroniker MIst Wagen)



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