Repair or replace rear bumper?

[Tom Warner]

WOW!!! Hurt. I dont believe the PT shares rear end parts with other
BB products due to its side opening doors for the radiator and
battery access and the rear door. I do have a data base for BB parts
but its only from 1992 to 2003 for all BB models including school
buses, tour buses, transit buses, and wanderlodges, and I have the
parts manual for the older FCs .

Tom Warner
Vernon Center,NY
1985 PT 40

At 08:23 PM 6/22/2006, you wrote:

>Tom:
>
>I hooked the tree going forward, not backing into it. (I misjudged
>the swing, and had no spotter.) The support I damaged goes from the
>outer end of the bumper to the central frame rail box. The rhs
>bumper was bent back, tearing out the bolts at the out-board end of
>the support, and nearly pulling the bolts through where the support
>mounts to the frame rail. As the support was flopping loose, I took
>it all the way off. While underneath I didn't see anything else
>damaged, but I was too mad to look at it analytically yesterday! So
>while I'll be making another tuition payment to the school of hard
>knocks, this one may be modest. ;-)
>
>Is BB the only source for a replacement? Does the PT share parts
>with other models?
>
>Thanks--
>
>M.R.Kane
>'85 PT40
>
>--- In
>WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,
>Tom Warner
>wrote:
> >
> > Chances are if you hit the rear bumper hard enough to do anything
>to
> > the right side support (if you are talking about the bottom one
>that
> > forms the bottom support for the engine side door), you have done
> > more damage then that. Have you looked at the reveal lines between
> > the rear door and the sides? The right side support is nothing
>more
> > then a piece of U channel between those two parts. I just cleaned
> > mine today and rustproofed it although it was as nice as the day
>it
> > was manufactured. No rust at all.,
> > If that piece is bent or deformed then you have something else
> > causing it and that has to be straightened also.
> > If my experience in buying a new bumper from BB for my 1982 FC35
>is
> > any indication (poor chrome job) I would elect to get it
>straightened
> > and rechromed in Mexico if you are close enough.
> >
> > Tom Warner
> > Vernon Center,NY
> > 1985 PT 40
> >
> > At 05:05 PM 6/22/2006, you wrote:
> >
>
>