bumper ideas

I`m trying to get some post some photos of some bumper ideas

guess i need to take the class again,
be back asap

the first two are a 47/53 chevy truck rear
the second two are a 67/72 stepside rear
all of the other model chevy truck bumpers were to wide
these bumpers are available at lmc, brothers, and classic
parts, theyrun about 150.00 each. the 47/53 they (classic parts)
have in stainless steel for 400.00 eack.
what u think?

Oh I forgot to mention the the second one also
has a bracket that fills the opening to hold the
liscense plate

How do they look on a dodge

I like the 47-53 truck, looks more old school to me

I like the first two as well!!!!

my vote is for first 2. how well does it mach the contour of our vans? evan gap between bumper and body? heres a couple i have used. 1962-[i[url=https://servimg.com/view/16298767/109]mg]https://i.servimg.com/u/f49/16/29/87/67/van_en10.jpg[/img][/url]64 nova rear first 2 are 1962-64 nova rear, next is 1967 and 1969 camaro rear bumpers. i had to cut the returns on the '67 to fit the front but '69 fits nice. the camaro bumpers are available for just over a hundred and the nova is about 175.00. i paid 30.00 ea. for mine at a swap meet.

First two look more like they flow with van. 2nd look more "boss." Depends what you like. Not a fan of skinny or no bumper look.

The first two

the curveature of the first bumper fits the shape of
the front of the second gens perfect, not a perfect fit
on the rear but not bad.
I bought the second bumper, held it up to the front of
a first gen, fit the curve very nice, held it up to the
rear of a dodge, also nice fit, it was to narrow for the
front of the dodge, need to find a cheap 47/53 rear to
check fit on the dodges and first gens.

1st = two -yet they all are nice ones [=Good score on thye novas @ a swap meet =wow!!i]

That really a good price too... $150 for new, can't get them rechromed for that

I fianally got the later model bumper mounted
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this one is the 67/72 chevy stepside rear

looks good. A friend of mine is looking for a bumper for his Chevy so I will show him these pics

Looks great RD

Looks great RD.

btw - Are you trying to get that Jaguar up and running? lol

Back in the day, my 64 GMC van did not have any bumpers on it when purchased. I made the bumper front from 3" heavy steel channel and the rear from 6" (painted black). Then trimmed a 2x4 and 2x6 for wood inserts; scorched with a propane torch and finished with outdoor Varithane.

63

Back in the 70s a lot of people would use a 2x8 or 2x10 and then take a router to it and carve in a name. Some carved in Budweiser and painted the letters red then coated it with urethane.

i like the bumpers you installed. with the rifgt grommet or chrome trim ring some small fog lights would look good.

itruns wrote:Looks great RD.

btw - Are you trying to get that Jaguar up and running? lol

i have many hours getting that to 95% complete. bought the van and done little to it since. i missinterpreted the original post when i added my bumper options. i thought it was asking for options. now i relize he was asking which of his options is preferred.

I thought I had seen some body using El Camino rear bumbers. Look cool with the tail lights in the chrome.

Nice work RD - the old truck bumpers looked good too. I sent my stock bumpers to a business in Dallas that specializes in straightening & chroming old bumpers, will post pics when I get them back...hope the turn out good @ 225.00 each.

@raceprepared, I’ve been looking for a solid excuse to run up to dallas. you have a link to your $225 bumper place?

austinmodhouse wrote:@raceprepared, I’ve been looking for a solid excuse to run up to dallas. you have a link to your $225 bumper place?

I'm at work now, will get you the info this weekend - hope that is soon enough.