67-72 Rear Bumper On Fleetside

[Clyde65]

Originally Posted by kens65fb

Anyone have a PAINTED 67-72 rear bumper installed ?

I think it might look nice.

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[suburban509]

Don't suppose anyone has tried this on a Suburban? Looks like the cut out for the license plate would be a good place for a trailer hitch receiver. Are the truck bed corners much different than the Suburbans?

[Cohi]

Originally Posted by jayoldschool

Love the later bumper on the Fleetside. Still keep my eyes open for a rough one that would look ok on my truck.

I went back and forth with that idea on mine - old one would have fit nicely
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[60apache]

Originally Posted by LVPhotos

My '62

VS

Have seen stock ones fliped, looks better than that huge gap.

what brackets did you use? I have a 60 and I'm about to do this.

[LVPhotos]

Originally Posted by 60apache

what brackets did you use? I have a 60 and I'm about to do this.

The crappy 62 "bar stock" that came with stock bumper. So I basically had flat bar and welded 90* and drilled holes. A 45* can be added, like stock. I used 1/4" shimming out and tailgate clearance. Used some aluminum "pan" stock to make plate holder

[LVPhotos]

If you look at the stock bumper shadows you can see the "kit" installed. I just used what was there and rearrange the parts and welded

[pdxhall]

Here's my painted version.