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roll bar kc lights and bull bar ideas for my 79??

thinking about putting a roll bar bull bar and kc lights on my old ford and was wondering if anyone had any good pics of some or ideas of what you think would look good and who makes it.

 
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Well good luck finding one of these just setting around....they OEM and hard to locate, but I like the look of them the best.

They also sell on Ebay the actual Marchall lights for them, but they are $$$.

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Be resourceful. I made a roof-mounted light bar out of one ladder rack from the rotting carcass of a Dodge van. Cost: $23! The lights are 100 watt "Eagle Eyes".. got 'em at a swap meet for $15 each.

Good luck finding a bed-mounted light bar. Companies don't call them roll bars because the terms imply it is a safety device and they would be imply their liability for its worthiness.

I have a factory pushbar awaiting in the wings because the rig is gonna undergo some upgrades and mods but is waiting for my '70 longbed to vacate the work area.





Nice truck by the way...
 
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I'm a big fan of the OEM push bar too.



As far as the light bar goes, a brand new one triple/double will run about $1,000!

I would patiently search the local scrap yards and craigslist for a nice used one. Expect to pay around $250 for a used single tube.
 
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Old 11-19-2014, 08:43 AM
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I love those oem pushbars too. Any one with accesses to a mandrel bender should be able to make one of those easy.
 
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i didn't know that push bar was factory but it does look good. I had a factory roll bar in my 78 when I got it but I took it out and tossed it (unknown to me at the time it was factory)
 
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does anyone have some good pics of theres or someone elses dentsides from back in the day with roll bars and push bars and lights?
 
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I have one of those what I believe to be a OEM light bars (roll bar), I also believe it came in the 79 Pace Truck as far as I know. Pics later.
 
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Found this from another thread




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mine came out of a 78 ranger 2 toned defiantly stupid to throw it away on my part but as far as I know they came in all of the indy editions
 
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i have a tubing bender i'll sell you and you can make all the push bars you want,you dont need a mandrel bender to make them,i made my own. OP,you have a nice looking truck there, Are your tires 33" or 35"? THANKS.
 
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thanks and there 35s
 
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does anybody have a factory push bar and or roll bar for sale
 
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Everything is for sale just depends on how much you want to spend
 
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