56 Victoria rear bumper

[baldmustang]

Has anyone converted a 56 club sedan rear bumper into a 56 Victoria bumper by cutting the holes and bending the steel in?

[mercman from oz]

Why would you bother to go to all that trouble and finish up with a job that was not 100% ?
I have just returned home after visiting the Long Beach Swap, plus the Good Guys event at Pleasanton. At both events, there were racks of recently re-chromed Bumpers to suit a wide range of cars including rear Bumpers for 56 Ford, both plain and with the Exhaust Cutouts. Costs from one Seller was $300 for the Plain and $350 with the Exhaust cut-outs. Another Seller had them for $350 and $390 respectively. They were even less if you had a "core" to Trade-in. The above picture shows the Rack of just one of the Sellers. There were quite a few Vendors selling these re-chromed Bumpers. Hope that this helps.

[baldmustang]

Thank You and you are right!.

[Dave Covey]

Do you have a name for these companies? Best estimates I have come up with is 450.00 to 600.00 to get mine re-chromed..

Dave

[scicala]

I'm pretty sure about the most well known one is called "Bumper Boyz" out of somewhere in California I believe. I've seen them at Good Guys shows before.

Sal

[dmsfrr]

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"Bumper Boyz"

Here's a link to some admittedly older reviews of their work.
On the car owner forums, not a 'review' site or a bumper boyz page, it seems most of the reviews are not complimentary.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Bump...utf-8&oe=utf-8


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[Dave Covey]

Thanks to both of you..

Dave

[scicala]

Yes, I read the reviews too. Sounds like not a very trust worthy group of boyz.
Sorry for the recommendation.

Sal

[mercman from oz]

There was no shortage of Vendors selling Re-Chromed Bumpers at the Long Beach Swap. These pictures are from the Goodguys Event at Pleasanton and show the Bumpers in various stages of the Chrome Plating Process. Most Vendors had Bumpers to suit most makes of popular cars. If your particular Bumper was not on the rack, chances are that they had one back in the Shop that they could prepare for you.

[SuperDave]

Work done in Mexico where EPA doesn't tread !

[dmsfrr]

Originally Posted by mercman from oz

There was no shortage of Vendors selling Re-Chromed Bumpers at the Long Beach Swap. These pictures are from the Goodguys Event at Pleasanton and show the Bumpers in various stages of the Chrome Plating Process. Most Vendors had Bumpers to suit most makes of popular cars. If your particular Bumper was not on the rack, chances are that they had one back in the Shop that they could prepare for you.

Did you get any business cards / contact info from any of the chrome vendors? Maybe you have photos of their booths with phone numbers showing?

I guessed at the shop name on the canopy roof in the second photo, googled it and got this...
https://www.google.com/search?q=D+%2...utf-8&oe=utf-8

Their phone number matches the one painted on the trailer in the second photo too.

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[mercman from oz]

Yes, I did get Business Cards from some of these Vendors. This is what I have:-

D & R Chrome Corp, Huntington Park LA www.dandrchrome.com 1(855)3-CHROME

The Bumper Shop, Florence Ave LA [email][email protected] (323) 585-3865

Showtime Chrome Plating, Huntington Park LA [email][email protected] 323/864-2698

Rangel Bumper Repairs, Hawthorne, CA (323) 338-8509 or (323) 245-8597

I believe that these Bumper Shops are actually located in California. I hope that this information helps. Mercman <><

[mercman from oz]

Here is a small picture of D & R Chrome Shop at Huntington Park.

[mercman from oz]

No shortage of Bumpers ready to be Chrome Plated at D & R Chrome Shop. This picture was taken from Google Maps.

[dmsfrr]

Great, thanks.
Now Dave Covey can get some more estimates.