I'm WAY into the front bumper... where can I find one?

What's the door plaque say?

~Jason

 

the door plaque had maintenance proceedures on it.

 

The front bumper is a stock bumper for the larger trucks. I have a bumper from a F-4 and up on my F-2. I think it gives it a beefier look plus it came off of a parts truck I had. Originally my truck had a piece of C channel for a front bumper when I got it.

 

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

Mine's banged up (aren't they all), and while I'd thought about a $100 LMC painted front bumper, I wanted something a little bigger. Now that I see it on your F2, I'm WAY into it. I need to get one of those!

Are they the same (save for the ribbing/no ribbing_ from the '48 - '52 model run? Will the larger bumper just bolt right on?

~Jason

 

Only the '48-50 had the smooth bumper. Ford changed to the ribbed bumper in '51, I think to draw attention away from the manure spreader auger grill.

No, the larger bumper don't just bolt up to the F-2 frame, which has the same up/down dimensions as the F-1 frames. I had to do a little cutting and welding on the bumper to bring the mounting flanges smaller gap of the F-2 frame horns. It wasn't hard at all. I just like that big piece of iron on the front of my truck. I don't think it looks too large for the truck. The larger truck bumpers are a little easier to find in the bone yards that still have some of the old iron.