05-23-2024, 09:46 PM | #23 | |
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Location: Northern Nevada
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Re: Rear Bumper Brackets
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The set had the longer inner bracket, the one’s vendors claim to work on our frames. Not even close, but I didn't know that. I hired some cool guys I knew to remove my step bumper (oh no) and install the brackets, which they did, kinda. 25 years later I see they didn’t have the right tools for the job, the brackets wouldn't work anyway, but at least they didn’t assault the frame. I even installed a receiver hitch, after all, sold the step bumper for $40 (oh no). Again, the frame wasn't assaulted, thank the lord. My mom had bought me a rechromed sport bumper for my Bday. Probably paid $100, that was a long time ago. I installed that bumper onto the wrong brackets, where the inners couldn’t possibly work. Between that and bolting the bumper on last it left quite the distortions (oh no). I didn’t know what I was doing, and it showed. The bumper was refinished last year. Anyway, good to see you got your brackets figured out. I was lucky, found NOS short inners, and my outers suited the purpose for mod. I didn’t actually modify my brackets. The guy who helped build this truck (e.g paint, body etc.) did the work. I only determined the plan, additional slots in places, sanded edges smooth, then off for blast & powder.
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Tony 71 Custom Deluxe, SWB, 2WD, 402, A/C. I developed an assembly kit for restoring the (a) truck from the ground up. My build thread, and more on the assembly kit https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=730025 |
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