Interesting rear bumper
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Interesting rear bumper
I bought this truck back in March from guy who brought it to MA from Oregon. It has a heavy duty step type / towing bumper. The license plate light mounts on the underside of the bumper and shines up on the plate,the light itself is FOMOCO. There are no markings or numbers on the bumper but the light makes me think the bumper was a ford option. Anyone know much about these or what their called? I recently saw an Oregon bumpside for sale from the same guy with the same bumper. Either way i like it better than the chrome originals!
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it looks like a regular bumper with an extra plate welded above where the "step" is supposed to be.
with the extra plate it blocks where the license plate is supposed to be so they relocated it.
then someone mounted a receiver hitch and wires.
unless i'm looking at it wrong .... it is the same as my 79 with an extra plate welded above the step .... now why someone would do that, i don't know, unless they needed some extra height for a tall trailer.
with the extra plate it blocks where the license plate is supposed to be so they relocated it.
then someone mounted a receiver hitch and wires.
unless i'm looking at it wrong .... it is the same as my 79 with an extra plate welded above the step .... now why someone would do that, i don't know, unless they needed some extra height for a tall trailer.
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The extra plate looks stock on mine (not welded in later on), same goes for the other bumper I saw on the bumpside. I cannot understand why that would be like that either unles it gave more strength or something for mounting a ball. The receiver you see is a frame mounted unit like most late models have. I think that the license plate mountin location is original, there is a fomoco light recessed into a small hump in the bumper which shines directly up at the plate. The picture is not good enough to show that. I backed into my 2009 mustang with the truck, didnt even scratch the paint on the bumper; I did howver break a mustang bumper, headlight and foglight. Not one of my best moments!
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. It has a heavy duty step type / towing bumper. The license plate light mounts on the underside of the bumper and shines up on the plate,the light itself is FOMOCO. There are no markings or numbers on the bumper but the light makes me think the bumper was a ford option. Anyone know much about these or what their called? I recently saw an Oregon bumpside for sale from the same guy with the same bumper. Either way i like it better than the chrome originals!
All bumpers back in the day were options because some buyers wanted to tow and some didn't. Your options were no bumper, the Ford "contoured bumper", or an aftermarket dock bumper as pictured above.
If you see a contoured bumper on a Dent in the JY, grab the mounting brackets because not many opted not to tow. The brackets make excellent trading stock or sell 'em for a little cash. For comparison, contour brackets for the 67-72 bumpsides retail for around $130.
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good thread, I just saw one of those bumpers today in the j/y and wondered why it had the twin plates. Now I know. 
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I believe this was to be used on a farm like a clevis or lynch pin dropped through a trailer hitch with an round end. Then you could just pull pin and move away! Just guessing tough can't really tell how wide the gap is.
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I think you hit the nail on the head, we had one on the farm like it 25 years ago and thats how we moved farm trailers around. They weigh 75lbs because they are a bumper designed for work.
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Truth! I think my setup cost me $250 total for a used bumper and brackets. Sold the step bumper I had for $20.
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I bought this truck back in March from guy who brought it to MA from Oregon. It has a heavy duty step type / towing bumper.
The license plate light mounts on the underside of the bumper and shines up on the plate,the light itself is FOMOCO.
Take another look...to the left of the license plate...there's the original license light. There is no way a manufacturer would install a light where someone's foot could step on it.
The light your bumper has now is prolly from a 1966/79 Ford Station Wagon.
There are no markings or numbers on the bumper but the light makes me think the bumper was a ford option.
The license plate light mounts on the underside of the bumper and shines up on the plate,the light itself is FOMOCO.
Take another look...to the left of the license plate...there's the original license light. There is no way a manufacturer would install a light where someone's foot could step on it.
The light your bumper has now is prolly from a 1966/79 Ford Station Wagon.
There are no markings or numbers on the bumper but the light makes me think the bumper was a ford option.
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Since all rear bumpers were optional, and Ford didn't introduce step bumpers until 1967, the aftermarket florished with myriad different companies selling step bumpers to dealers.
Here on the West Coast, the Fey Bumper Co. sold myriad different step bumpers and gave the dealers racks so the bumpers could be displayed in showrooms.
Ford offered one type/style of Styleside step bumpers from 1967 thru 1979. They all look the same at first glance, but there are differences because some trucks had wider rear frame rails than others.
The Ford step bumpers flimsy brackets bolt on....and flimsy they were, because one tap on the bumper, it sags down like an old sway-backed nag.