Interpretation ID: aiam1443
Director of Marketing
American Bumper Sales Company
1150 E. Slauson Avenue
Los Angeles
CA 90011;
Dear Mr. Umphrey: This is in reply to your letter of January 29, 1974, concerning th effect of the rules issued under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act upon the manufacture of after-market pickup truck bumpers.; If your sales are confined to the after-market, it is unlikely that an rules issued under the Act will affect you directly. At present, the bumper standard proposed under Title I of the Act would apply only to passenger cars. If other types of vehicles are subsequently included, the rules would affect you only insofar as they may affect the design of the vehicles on which your bumpers would be mounted.; The rule to be issued by February 1, 1975, relates only to insuranc costs and would have little or no effect on your business.; Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel