60-66 rear bumper ideas

[Raked 64]

Here is my truck. Flipped rear bumper with a custom tip

[Raked 64]

a little better picture of my truck.

And a picture of the truck i drew inspiration from.

I will tell you it takes some effort to make this happen...

[forestb]

Where do you put your license plate?

Originally Posted by Raked 64

a little better picture of my truck.

And a picture of the truck i drew inspiration from.

I will tell you it takes some effort to make this happen...

[Raked 64]

Originally Posted by forestb

Where do you put your license plate?

My truck has a flip down electric actuator. It flips down when I turn on the key and flips up when I turn it off.

[jweb]

Won’t help you since it’s a stepside. I have a ‘64 front bumper flipped and cut.

[LostMy65]

Looks like a 73-87 bumper :

[rvrfoot]

roll pan.

[Rich 5150 69]

Problem in Calif is the bumper law, got a fix it ticket for not having one on the rear...but the CHP did not write up for the blue dot taillights ....

[ghan]

Originally Posted by Cris

Ghan:

I like that bumper! A little rat rod, a little utilitarian. What did you make it out of and how did you attach it.

Cris

Sorry Cris - I’ve been working in the arctic and didn’t see your question until today. I used piece of 5” x 3/16” flat steel and some 3/16 x 1” angle iron to make the bumper - welded in some dummy bumper bolt heads - 1/4” flat steel for the mounts - took,about 2 hours - painted it then wiped it off with thinners to get the aged steel look. Quite pleased with the finished product

[rvrfoot]

Originally Posted by Rich 5150 69

Problem in Calif is the bumper law, got a fix it ticket for not having one on the rear...but the CHP did not write up for the blue dot taillights ....

I been running it for over a year with no problems.

[LostMy65]

[forestb]

I know it is not our year but I saw this truck with a trimmed and tucked rear bumper. He also has the widened rear fenders.

[rvrfoot]

Nice

[Clyde65]

I did a 67-72 Fleet sport bumper on mine.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by Clyde65

I did a 67-72 Fleet sport bumper on mine.

That is my favorite bumper for a street fleetside.
For a work truck I like the tough look of a Barden.

[Clyde65]

Originally Posted by LostMy65

That is my favorite bumper for a street fleetside.
For a work truck I like the tough look of a Barden.

I will agree with that. I have a Barden on my short fleet trailer!

[62chevy302]

Originally Posted by Clyde65

I did a 67-72 Fleet sport bumper on mine.

Clyde did you have to modify your bumper brackets any? I installed my 67 bumper and the top is alot further away from the bed than the bottom. I even bought new bumper brackets.

[Clyde65]

Originally Posted by 62chevy302

Clyde did you have to modify your bumper brackets any? I installed my 67 bumper and the top is alot further away from the bed than the bottom. I even bought new bumper brackets.

I didn’t modify anything, also got the 67-72 bumper brackets and it fit like a glove. I also did a hidden hitch (CPP) and a flip up license holder.

[bigboar]

Here is mine. It was one of those step bumpers that wrapped around to the side of the bed and bolted to it. I chopped it and tucked it. My truck is a 3 on tree and didnt have backup lights and I didn’t want the round ones under taillights so I made my own version. I also installed Toyota Tacoma license plate lights.

[rvrfoot]

Oh wow nice very different!

[bigboar]

Originally Posted by rvrfoot

Oh wow nice very different!

thanks!

[graymage]

great idea thnx, here is mine

[Heater63]

Originally Posted by The Rocknrod

My 64.

I like that! Is that a Stepside bumper? Looks like the ends wrap around, aren’t the fleet side bumpers straight?

[The Rocknrod]

I'm not so sure that bumper would work on a fleet side. Unless you pulled it away from the bed a ways. Then it'd look kind of funky. You'd probably need custom brackets to do that.

[LostMy65]