FYI FORD MustangSteve's Ford Mustang Forum / Saw this at the Fredericksburg swap meet today

**Posted by MS** 12/06/2024 9:54 PM

Only in Texas…

**Posted by Ron68** 12/06/2024 10:13 PM

SMH......

**Posted by RTM** 12/07/2024 8:28 AM

I don't live in Texas but is that really a practical item or just for looks?

**Posted by Raymond_B** 12/07/2024 10:57 AM

RTM wrote:
I don't live in Texas but is that really a practical item or just for looks?

Nothing practical about that...

**Posted by TKOPerformance** 12/07/2024 10:59 AM

I'm sure its fun to get your clothing snagged on while trying to walk past it.

**Posted by 6sally6** 12/08/2024 12:29 PM

Yeah.....would love to see the owner under-the-hood making checks.
I have to stand on a step ladder (while I'm on one leg!!) to get under the hood of my youngsters F-250. Trying to dodge
"bob-war" points would be too much.
6sally6

**Posted by Rudi** 12/08/2024 2:07 PM

One upmanship would be a razor wire brush guard, much more effective 🤪

**Posted by Nos681** 12/11/2024 5:17 AM

I would call that a deer catcher.

Should have plenty of proof for insurance company.

**Posted by rpm** 12/11/2024 11:25 AM

Handicapped plates huh? Makes me wonder how they got handicapped.

**Posted by Steve69** 12/11/2024 12:23 PM

lol

**Posted by TKOPerformance** 12/11/2024 1:33 PM

A Darwinian incident gets my vote.

**Posted by RCodePaul** 12/11/2024 6:51 PM

rpm wrote:
Handicapped plates huh? Makes me wonder how they got handicapped.

Hold my beer!

That's a crazy "bob war" dealio.

Reminds me of our other brother's experience at the steel distributor buying a lot of fairly heavy gauge steel. Kid on the lift truck asked him what he's building. He said a truck bumper. Kid said, "You're crazy. You can buy a completed bumper for less than all this steel." Brother replied, "Thanks but I didn't come here for psychoanalysis. Just came here for the steel."

I guess not so surprisingly his "mad max" end of civilization bumper dealt out some severe punishment. He pushed the quarter panel of my '74 MII (got my license back, don't lose it again car) about a foot or so. Dad fixing that here.

**Posted by TKOPerformance** 12/12/2024 6:15 AM

There is something to be said for a real bumper. Even the ones on my F250s are pretty flimsy. They're metal, but if you look at them wrong they dent or bend. Back in college when I was driving my K5 all the time I had a bull bar on the front. I skidded into the rear of a '70s era Cadillac at like 10MPH in the rain once (totally my fault). We both got out looked at our cars, noted no damage, made sure everyone was okay, and said "take it easy". Today that would be a $10,000 wreck. I'm so glad they've made bumpers lighter so we can cram more electronic junk I don't use into new cars and still try to get decent fuel mileage.

**Posted by BobE** 12/12/2024 7:56 AM

I had an 86 full size Bronco that a Subaru ran a red light and my right front bumper hit her left front fender. The Bronco’s vertical ‘bumperett’ was broken off ($85 repair), the Subaru had $4,000 worth of damage. Happily, the Subaru driver admitted to running the light.

**Posted by kardad** 12/12/2024 9:32 AM

I buddy of mine swerved in a parking lot to miss someone backing up (not using those things called mirrors), and he hit a lower 2’ tall Ballard in his new Chevy Silverado, doing less than 10mph.
After the parking sensors, camera, broken plastic that pierced the trans cooler, condenser, and radiator. Bumper, associated wiring, hardware and paint, and a front end alignment, the total bill to the insurance company was a tad over $12k

All I could think, was how many cars I’ve bought for far less than $12k and drove them for years.

This is also why it’s so hard to find a decent body/paint shop to work on any older stuff. They just make so much more money much faster on this snap together collision work.

**Posted by pbrownrk** 12/12/2024 10:41 AM

My first car at 16 was a 1957 Pontiac. You could destroy almost anything with that front bumper.

**Posted by MS** 12/12/2024 11:22 AM

rpm wrote:
Handicapped plates huh? Makes me wonder how they got handicapped.

Mental doesn’t count, does it?

**Posted by Ron68** 12/12/2024 12:30 PM

pbrownrk wrote:
My first car at 16 was a 1957 Pontiac. You could destroy almost anything with that front bumper.

My first car was a 1950 Cadillac Sedan De Ville. The front and rear bumpers were all chromed and probably increased the vehicle's weight by 50 lbs. Now those were BUMPERS.

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**Posted by John Ha** 12/12/2024 3:46 PM

MS wrote:
Mental doesn’t count, does it?

That would be this windshield placard?

**Posted by BobE** 12/13/2024 7:46 AM

pbrownrk wrote:
My first car at 16 was a 1957 Pontiac. You could destroy almost anything with that front bumper.

LOL

**Posted by MS** 12/15/2024 10:42 AM

And to top it all off, I saw a similar setup on a late model Charger yesterday!!!

**Posted by TKOPerformance** 12/15/2024 2:34 PM

MS wrote:
And to top it all off, I saw a similar setup on a late model Charger yesterday!!!

Aw, come on, they're just some gold old boys. Never meanin' no harm...