E3 bumpers dirt cheap but the shipping will kill you

[thehackmechanic]

Okay, E3 people, I've got four E3 / Bavaria bumpers in conditions ranging from good to poor. They came with a parts hoard I bought from a closing body shop about six years ago. I've moved them several times between storage areas, they were last in the storage space in Fitchburg MA I'm getting kicked out of, I just dragged them back home, and I'm not moving them again. If they're not taken by New Years, they're going to the local recycling depot.

To identify them, they're numbered 1 through 4 with a piece of tape in the corner of the center section with the number on it. They're photographed in order from 1 to 4, top of the bumper first, then bottom, then inside. A brief description of each is below. The photos are attached at the end.

Bumper #1: Shiny left and center sections, dull and corroded right section, 1973-style bumperettes look intact but old, missing both rubber strips, triangular brackets.

Bumper #2: Probably the best one, fairly shiny chrome, one very small dent underneath the right section, missing the right rubber strip, rubber on the 1973-style bumperettes are detached, some corrosion on the inside, triangular brackets.

Bumper #3: Dull finish but no dents, missing the left rubber strip, has holes in the center section for driving lights, 1972-style bumperettes look intact with some rubber cracking on the bottom of one, a lot of corrosion on the inside, no brackets.

Bumper #4: Some light corrosion, no rubber strips, dents on the left section and the underside of the center section, 1972-style bumperettes look intact, looks like one of the L-shaped mounting brackets is wrong.

Again, to be clear, none of these bumpers are mint or excellent. I doubt you'd be happy putting any of them on a freshly-painted car. But if you're running around without a front bumper, you could make a very presentable one using #2 and combining it with the rubber from some of the others. I just don't want to take the time to do it. (Watch, as soon as I dispose of these, my Bavaria will get smacked in the front bumper, and I'll kick myself.)

Before I bring them all to the recycling depot, I'd like to offer them to the E3 community, but I don't want it to turn into a giant time suck either.

I'll accept just about any offer for a bumper FOR LOCAL PICKUP. Show up at my house in West Newton Massachusetts USA or send a local friend, take all four for peanuts, and it's a win/win.

If you want me to ship a bumper, it turns into actual work for me, so I'd appreciate reasonable offers. I will charge actual shipping, which could be a hundred bucks. But please understand that I've been through this many times with 2002 bumpers, shipping a whole bumper is very expensive, and boxing them, measuring and weighing them, and getting three shipping quotes (USPS, UPS, Fedex) only to have folks then balk at the cost is really frustrating. I tried to pull these apart, but the carriage bolts through the bumperettes just spin in their formerly-square holes (yes I soaked the nuts in SiliKroil). So, sorry, no dismantling them to make them smaller and cheaper to ship.

If you're interested, best to text or call me at 617-365-8303, as I don't always have the forum open in a browser window.

--Rob Siegel

 

[thehackmechanic]

Gone.

 

[Mike Pelly]

I have some of these bumpers in So Cal as well. Clearing out space soon. Also have E3 front seats and sub frames