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Re: Suburban Rear Bumper
I found an excellent painted front bumper and modified it to go on the rear of my '66 Sub. The stamping itself from '64-'66 C10-30 pickup fronts are the same for '64-'66 Suburban & Panel rears. The holes are the only difference.
The 1st picture shows the bare steel bumper mounted on the rear after drilling 4 new holes for the frame rail bolts,outboard of the original holes. After drilling you have to file out 4 corners for the carriage bolt heads. The 2nd shows it after the 4 old holes plus the 2 license plate holes had been welded up and painted white. The hardest part is to grind down the weld in the top holes without wrecking the indented surrounding area to make it appear correct for a Suburban/Panel only rear bumper.
You end up with a quality original part whose appearance can fool any expert. You can then paint or chrome it. The repros are thinner and never fit right. The quality of the chrome is not top notch either. If you try to fabricate brackets to match the bumper you will be doing a LOT more work and it will be obviously non original.
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