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Old 01-11-2006, 12:01 AM
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Bumper mountings

Guys with custom bumpers, tell/ show me how you mounted them

I'm needing ideas for the Bronco.
 
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I made a double round tube bumper for the front of my 81 Bronco. On the back side of the tube I welded 4 inch channel approximately 6 inches long straight back so I could bolt it to either side of the frame rails. I can take pics of the bumper tomorrow if you want to see how I did it. Its been sturdy so far. I've been snatched a few times by it with no breakage yet. Theres a pic of the front of my Bronco here-
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Okay I gotta say the Blue is friggen sweet.

I'm thinking kinda like what you've got but with 3x5 1/4" steel tubing.
 
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The blue is a stock color for 70's model Maverick- Grabber blue. One thing I did when I made the bumper- I cut a pie shaped wedge out of the back of the tube near where the front sheet metal bends so i could bend the tube to match the body lines. I then welded it back together and ground the welds.
 




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