Bought my first car this week!

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Sorry about your ride man.... My Mom's '79 Mercury LTD Wagon got hit once by
someone backing out of their driveway, Hit in rear, it spun around and the bumper
fell off right there at the back of where the car stopped, or so it seemed.... Everyone
was ok, and that's when we also discovered it had some shock absorber system
holding on the bumper.... We got very lucky, nothing was bent, it all slid back together
and after fitting it all to line up, a small push against a power pole and it all went back
together and was never a problem after that..... If the bumper did not stick out past
the body by 2 to 3" they probably would have missed the car entirely....

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