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On 1/3/25 7:49 PM, D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sat, 3 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 12:30:44 +0100, D wrote:
>>
>>> Reminds me of old Saabs. Those had what you could call a bumper!
>>
>> What era? The only Saab I drove was a girlfriend's. It was a 92 or 
>> maybe a
>> 93, I forget which. It did have a bumper of sorts.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagmar_bumper
>>
>> Those were bumpers!
>>
>> Trivia: The Dagmar the bumpers were named after was an actress's stage
>> name that went back to a TV show we alwayes watched, 'Mama', aobut an
>> extended Norwegian family.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama_(American_TV_series)
> 
> This is a beautiful bumper:
> 
> https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fe%2Fe5%2FSaab_900_GLE_%282%29_%28crop%29.jpg&sp=1735951735T1b8aa114fd353d88b4d34fd3554f5b9455c5317dadea52d972489e1e4be614a0 
> .
> 
> I think there's a sabb with an even wider one, but cannot find it. I saw 
> it in a garage many decades ago.

   Old truck I owned, fitted 8x2 'C'-beam as rear bumper.

   A common trick at the time was for perps to fake a
   'rear-end accident' using a stolen car - and when
   you got out they'd all jump you. I think someone
   tried that on me once ... just left 'em in the road,
   barely scratched the paint on the bumper :-)