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Old Jan 27, 2022 | 10:56 PM
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dent side picnic idea?

Just ran across this, I don't recall ever seen one quite like it myself.
Y'all ever see one?



I do know of one Dent locally that had front and rear bumpers of 6" steel well casing with welded end caps and air chucks that the guy kept air in (he used to top off at a gas station I used to meet the guys at for coffee a lot), but I never seen a cooler or toolbox, etc.

Be a place to carry easy to access a jack, power pull, etc. Lots of possible uses, especially if lifted and one didn't want to climb up in the bed for things like tire tools, farm jack, flares, etc. A heavy jack locked in there would be easy to get to when needed.

It wouldn't even have to be built real heavy for most uses, and not near as heavy as those well casing bumpers.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2022 | 11:48 PM
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I saved the picture to my phone, but it wasn't for the cooler in the bumper.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2022 | 06:30 AM
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Yeah I've seen those before. Don't remember when the first time was, but I was very young.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2022 | 06:51 AM
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For those of you too young to remember, Coors beer was not allowed east of the Mississippi back then. So that add was very suggestive. "Look Honey, I smuggled some Coors across the bridge for you!"
 
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Old Jan 28, 2022 | 06:54 AM
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Originally Posted by ranger140892
Yeah I've seen those before. Don't remember when the first time was, but I was very young.
I also saw them for the first time when I was younger. Wait nvm you mean the bumper, I have never seen one before but its cool.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2022 | 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by ranger140892
For those of you too young to remember, Coors beer was not allowed east of the Mississippi back then. So that add was very suggestive. "Look Honey, I smuggled some Coors across the bridge for you!"
East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'

Here comes the Bandit!



(I miss ole Jerry Reed)
 
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Old Jan 28, 2022 | 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by ranger140892
Yeah I've seen those before. Don't remember when the first time was, but I was very young.
Yep, those are some NICE bumpers......

 
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Old Jan 28, 2022 | 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by ranger140892
For those of you too young to remember, Coors beer was not allowed east of the Mississippi back then. So that add was very suggestive. "Look Honey, I smuggled some Coors across the bridge for you!"
LOL I remember that. My cousin in the military brought some Coors back to PA around 80 or 81. You'd think he brought gold. Funny how big a deal it was back then.
I had never seen one of those bumpers but will say the marketing people did a bang-up job on the advertisement! Thanks for posting tbear
 
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Old Jan 28, 2022 | 08:11 AM
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Sorry no model in the pics I found.


 
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Old Jan 28, 2022 | 08:18 AM
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And some front bumpers with storage.






 
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Remember when rear ends and body lines were shaped like that? Narrow, firm, durable, and attractive. Could work hard all day, and still bring home the groceries in the evening.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2022 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by ranger140892
Remember when rear ends and body lines were shaped like that? Narrow, firm, durable, and attractive. Could work hard all day, and still bring home the groceries in the evening.
OK.....
I can read between those lines too bro.....


 
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Old Jan 28, 2022 | 08:54 AM
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Yep, I had one like that.
She was pretty to look at but she was high maintenance.
 
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We are still talking about Ford truck bumpers....aren't we?
 
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Originally Posted by 77&79F250
We are still talking about Ford truck bumpers....aren't we?
Uh.... well, I thought we were.....

 
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