Well Brian, as usual you did a nice job, BUT(!) if you drop a plumb line off the front of each front fender it looks to me that the line will fall forward of the bumper and not really provide protection to the 'glass fenders. I admit the bumper looks too far out in the middle, but since the ends are bent back the bumper needs to be further front to provide protection to the front edge of the front fenders. I think the bumpers are one of the few ugly features of the Model-A and I would prefer to leave them off, but with a fiberglass body and fenders it looks to me that the bumper needs to be way out front to prevent cracking the front fenders. I do agree your final result looks very good, but maybe a 2" cut might be better for the fender protection? I could not see how this worked out until you showed the picture with the bumper mounted but now it looks about 1" back too far to save the fenders. Just my humble opinion. On the other hand do like the folks do who have no bumper at all, just don't bump anything! I am probably going to use a straight front bumper on both front and rear of my 'glass A, not for looks, but just to protect the 'glass.

Don Shillady
Retired SCientist/teen rodder