1971 Rear Bumper and Tailight needed

[jbraden]

I got rearended a few weeks back and after a long fight with the Insurance company they agreed to repair it.

The bumper is toast and the right tailight lens is cracked.

After a cursory search, the bumper is hard to find and expensive.

Please let me know if anyone has either of these.

[260zCaliCar]

Here is the rear bumper brand new, but your right, it's expensive (you will need to scroll down):

new-datsun-parts.com bumper

Actually, he has the right tail light as well (but that's really expensive :disappoin ):

new-datsun-parts.com tail light

Edited June 28, 2010 by 260zCaliCar

[MikeW]

Here's one on eBay right now with a "buy it now" price of $160. I obviously have no knowledge of the the seller but it doesn't look bad in the pictures and that seems like a really good price for something so hard to find. You could probably get it straightened and rechromed for a couple hundred more if the current condition is not good enough.

[moonpup]

I got rearended a few weeks back and after a long fight with the Insurance company they agreed to repair it.

The bumper is toast and the right tailight lens is cracked.

After a cursory search, the bumper is hard to find and expensive.

Please let me know if anyone has either of these.

If the insurance company has agreed to repair it, who cares what the price is, they should have to cover the cost of repairs no matter what. Unless they can source these items cheaper, it is what it is.

[260zCaliCar]

If the insurance company has agreed to repair it, who cares what the price is, they should have to cover the cost of repairs no matter what. Unless they can source these items cheaper, it is what it is.

I was thinking the same thing. The only thing I didn't know was whether they were going to give him the money for a new one (like a cash settlement), or buy him a new one. Either way, I suppose sending the insurance company to this website would be a good idea.

[MikeW]

As much as I hate insurance companies it seems to me that their responsibility should be to pay whatever it takes to get your car back to the condition it was in before the accident. If you had a perfect NOS bumper then that's what you deserve. If you had a rusted out and dented old bumper it's not really fair for them to have to buy you a shiny new unobtainium bumper. The rear center section has been NLA for many years now so they're getting harder and harder to find, especially in new condition.

[moonpup]

Seek & ye shall find...

http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/pts/1755596606.html

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/pts/1786214809.html

http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/pts/1802072378.html

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/pts/1786593155.html

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/pts/1765085112.html

http://kansascity.craigslist.org/pts/1780792949.html

http://yakima.craigslist.org/pts/1807331343.html

[MikeW]

Seek & ye shall find...

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/pts/1786214809.html

That one seems to match the description (just a dime-sized dent) and location (Huntington Beach, CA) of the eBay ad I posted.

[jbraden]

Same guy indeed. i lost the bid my a $2.50

[MikeW]

That's funny. It's went for more ($167.50) than the BIN price ($160) but less than what he listed on CL ($175).

[jbraden]

I do very little pruchasing on ebay so it was a learning experience. I set a maximum bid of $165.00 and submiteed it with 30 secs to go. I could not raise it in time.

Moon pup was super cool to forward those craiglistings. I made contact with two of the folks. One was alrady sold the other was painted orange.

I shall keep looking.

Thanks,

[moonpup]

Just as an FYI. In restoring my 72, I had the holes for the rubber guards and overriders welded up and then the bumpers re-chromed. Several years later, was hit in the back and my insurance co. ok'ed a new bumper. I then told them what had been done to the original one and they then paid to have the brand new bumper sent out to have the holes welded and it re-chromed like the one I had.