Best Region for Bumps

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Re: Best Region for Bumps

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Not the northeast that's for sure. 2 words. Road salt. It eats everything it gets onto. Bumps are rare. I see a few dents but those are becoming few and far between. :(
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See them occasionally here in Atlanta. But, they are still rare and appealing enough to always bring looks and questions at the gas pump. Love it. I have a an older porsche and a bump and I think the bump gets just as many admiring looks as the Porsche. Can't even decide which is more fun to drive. Love my bump.
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Sadly here in sw Iowa, they are few and far between. When I do find one, it has near fatal cancer. Dents are the same way. It seems we used them all up, abused them, then threw way too many away.
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Re: Best Region for Bumps

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Here (NW PA) there are only 2 bumps that I know of, and in Columbus Ohio where I am moving, I have not yet seen one.... NOT ONE!

Anywhere in the rust belt is almost impossible to find a decent slick, bump, and tough to find a dent....
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Here in Montana, we have plenty of them. I think anywhere that is predominantly agricutural would be the same, unless that place is typical for rust. Fortunately, we are not. There must be 25-30 of them in our small town of 3,500 people. Then again, a third of those are in my yard! :D
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71PA_Highboy wrote:Here (NW PA) there are only 2 bumps that I know of, and in Columbus Ohio where I am moving, I have not yet seen one.... NOT ONE!

Anywhere in the rust belt is almost impossible to find a decent slick, bump, and tough to find a dent....
I'm thinking we have a member or two in Columbus but then again I may be getting senile. :lol:
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Re: Best Region for Bumps

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I have seven bumps that live within a two mile radius of me here in sacramento
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Re: Best Region for Bumps

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There are several near me. One just down the road about 1/2 miles. More dents though. They were used a lot by the farmers around here and can still be seen rusting behind the barns around here in NC. See a few on the road but not many. They have started salting the roads here if there is even a chance of anything white here so there will be less and less as the years go by
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Re: Best Region for Bumps

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Since moving to Bama I have seen aleast 12 runners within a 10 mile area and a few for sale. I assume they run as well. Some junkers in lots and 3-4 big bumps. I met a fella with a nice swb hi boy. It used to be regular 2wd with a i6. Now after 30 some years it has a 428 and 4wd under the chassis. Tons of work put into it. I will have to get pics.
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