Custom bumper on a 56
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Custom bumper on a 56
After putting on a roll pan to the Pro's Pick bed, the bed looked way to tall or long so I went with a custom fabbed bumper instead. I was shortened, boltholes filled, boxed at rear, mounting bolts hidden, and then polished to a fine luster. Of course this meant locating the tail lamps to the sill and fabbing new brackets so that I could tuck the bumper in and under the sill. Sad thing is, after I started fabbing, I see a like idea on the giveaway 56 at NoLimit. Oh well, project TYMNBUX will roll on.https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...&albumid=22437
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Gavin -
I like the look. I also narrowed and tucked my rear bumper. Hiding the attach bolts looks really slick, especially all polished up like that.
What are you gonna do about the license plate? You have to show that off too (TYMNBUX).
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...&photoid=72201
I like the look. I also narrowed and tucked my rear bumper. Hiding the attach bolts looks really slick, especially all polished up like that.
What are you gonna do about the license plate? You have to show that off too (TYMNBUX).
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...&photoid=72201
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I also like the idea of the bolts removed and the ends tucked. I really like what Chip Foose did on his truck and incorporated the taillights into the bumper. It does look sweet and your doing a nice job. I'm assuming your using a stainless bumper?
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Randy, the rear plate will be mounted on a dropdown hinge activated by a vacuum device so it will drop to the lowered position as long as the engine is running. The issue is no visible plate when parked so I may need to put in a swich. Plan B is an electric antanae or actuator to operate as needed. Both should be simple enuf.
inlow, stainless all around. Anything Foose is awsome.. I actually fabbed up an entire series of faux tail lights in shapes and sizes from polished alum with red paint for the
" lens" and used magnet tape on the back so that I could mount various "lens" to bumper,sill,and even t-gate to see what looked best on this rear. I tried round and oval in 1.5", 2", 2.25" and 2.5" and rectangle in 1x2, 1x3,1.25x3 and 1.25x4 all in various spots and numbers. 4 of the 2.25" rounds in the sill looked cool but too much like vette. If I has a laser I would put truck name into the sill. I will leave the sill un-welded just in case of future upgrade.
inlow, stainless all around. Anything Foose is awsome.. I actually fabbed up an entire series of faux tail lights in shapes and sizes from polished alum with red paint for the
" lens" and used magnet tape on the back so that I could mount various "lens" to bumper,sill,and even t-gate to see what looked best on this rear. I tried round and oval in 1.5", 2", 2.25" and 2.5" and rectangle in 1x2, 1x3,1.25x3 and 1.25x4 all in various spots and numbers. 4 of the 2.25" rounds in the sill looked cool but too much like vette. If I has a laser I would put truck name into the sill. I will leave the sill un-welded just in case of future upgrade.
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