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Bumpers - Buying and Selling 444-544 1958

posted by  tscarola on  Tue Dec 12 14:11 CST 2006
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I am at the point in my '58 444 restoration now when I need to consider the bumpers. I have looked around and see that re-plating my original ones can cost some serious moola (near $2,000 for front and rear). The other option is to buy new. I have received some good pricing from Olof and GCP and have decided to go with Olof.

I am a little sad about my decision to buy new as this means my original bumpers will not be used, however, I'll have new bumpers so it won't be too bad. :) The next dilemma is what to do with these two complete bumper sets from my restoration and donor car? I am considering eBay, or selling outright via the Brickboard, but have no idea of the value.
The bumper set from the restoration car is a tad rough around the edges and might need some "dings" banged out. Also, this set will not come with the overrider bars as I'll be keeping them for the new bumpers.
The bumpers from the donor car look a little more shiny, like they might have been re-plated at some point, however, both sets will need to be chromed again. And the donor car bumpers will come with the overriders.

Here are some pics of the restoration car's bumpers:

http://www.scarolas.com/58VolvoPV444/images/oldbumpers/index.html

Here are some pictures which show the donor car's bumpers:

http://www.scarolas.com/58VolvoPV444/images/partscar/default.htm

Any ideas on what I should ask for the sets?

Thanks,

--
Tony

1958 P444 (44408), ID 187797 : See site for info

2000 V70XC AWD/SE

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