i have a 76 short bed two wheel drive with the 300 6cyl. i have the bumper that looks like the one that fits the big broncos. does anyone have a set i could buy or know a place that has them. I have checked all the junk yards around my area with no luck.

 

Is it a newer step bumper or an early "contour" bumper which resembles the front?

For the latter, which are relatively hard to find OEM o in the JY, contact Blue Oval Truck Parts for repros.

If you can weld, the later Bronco brackets can be modified.

 

its the contour style.i thought about fabricating some but was hoping to find and use the factory stuff if i could. great picture. i might just do that.

 

10-4.. the wing brackets also need to be modified per below. A set of factory brackets is also shown for reference.

 

thanks! I will probably end up doing that very thing.

 

Yes fabing a set is the quicker and easier way to go, because the OEM brackets are VERY hard to locate.

 

77&79 ford: yes those are the ones! I had a pair on my first f100 but had no idea they where so rare.

 

VERY rare, so like HIO said finding a newer (maybe) or older 78/79 Bronco with a set and doing some cut/grind/weld or just get a hold of BOTP.

 

i do have a set of bronco ones luckily.

 

I missed out on a set, plus the contour bumper at my local u-pull a while back. Went to get them and someone had already pulled the bumper for the brackets....I just walked off and left the bumper laying there.

 

A decent rear contour bumper is worth anywhere btwn $40-$75.

Ya know what is surprisingly expensive? The license plate light pig tails, cap, and lenses. They're about $45 each from Dennis Carpenter.

 

The bumper was ok, but not as nice as I originally thought it was...when I spotted it, the truck hadn't been processed for picking yet.

I know what you mean! The L/P lamps are expensive.

 

I managed to piece together a set from three different trucks... on one trip! The caps were in one truck's glove box, decent lenses from another, and the third truck had a dock bumper but someone retrofitted the pigtails. Serendipity.

 

It's true...sometimes the chase IS more fun!

 

How rare are those original brackets? MY 76 HB has the original contour bumper with the original brackets on it. I was about to pull all that off and fabricate a nice offroad style bumper for it.