CRAIGSLIST FIND!
Thread Starter
|
FTE Chapter Leader
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 3,322
Likes: 20
From: Rhode Island
You can put money on the fact that I will be surgically removing both sets of brackets from the push bar. I will only be re-installing one set in the correct "4X4" configuration. Who knows what I will do with the other set... but only time will see!
was there a chrome option????
Logistics Pro
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 4,238
Likes: 21
From: Northern Illinois
No.
So you don't confuse anyone including yourself that is not a factory grille guard
So you don't confuse anyone including yourself that is not a factory grille guard
Thread Starter
|
FTE Chapter Leader
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 3,322
Likes: 20
From: Rhode Island
yes those are the Factory brackets!
Do you have the fog light switch on the dash? how about the wiring?
Hotshot
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 12,183
Likes: 18
From: St. Charles, Missouri.
It's Part of The Protection Package, Which My Truck has, I believe....
Logistics Pro
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 4,238
Likes: 21
From: Northern Illinois
Now your really looking for the rare parts.That push bar or grille guard or whatever you want to call it is not a stock Ford bar.
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
AEV FXL Super Duty - the Super Duty Raptor Ford Doesn't Make
Brett Foote
Lobo Vs Lobo: Proof the F-150 Lobo Should Be Even Lower!
Michael S. Palmer
Ford's 2001 Explorer Sportsman Concept Looks For a New Home
Verdad Gallardo
10 Best Ford Truck Engines We Miss the Most!
Joe Kucinski
2026 Shelby F-150 Off-Road: Better Than a Raptor R?
Brett Foote
2027 Super Duty Carhartt Package First Look: 12 Things You NEED to Know!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Most Surprising 2026 Ford Truck Features!
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 Ford Trucks Coming to Mecum Indy 2026
Brett Foote
5 Best / 5 Worst Ford Truck Wheels of All Time
Joe Kucinski
Hotshot
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 12,183
Likes: 18
From: St. Charles, Missouri.
Are you sure...?
I've seen so many of them in Pictures of these trucks, Look at the Pictures I posted.
It may have been a Dealer add on Item, or some funky '70s thing some other previous owner did, My truck isn't a good example, Because it has a swapped in 390.
(Although, Other than The Steerin' Wheel, Which I Hate, It's 98% Original)
I've seen so many of them in Pictures of these trucks, Look at the Pictures I posted.
It may have been a Dealer add on Item, or some funky '70s thing some other previous owner did, My truck isn't a good example, Because it has a swapped in 390.
(Although, Other than The Steerin' Wheel, Which I Hate, It's 98% Original)
Moderator & parts slinger
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 50,150
Likes: 5,785
From: S/W Missouri, Polk county
Found them @JBG
Well my 1st one cost $30 with the bumper off a 79 Bronco in a JY, bolted right on my Silver 77 had the factory light tabs bolted on.
I got Craigslist burned on the 2nd one I found in Tn (AH never mailed it, go figure). Found trucks on craigslist with them and called to see if they would sale them seperate, sometimes yes thats how I got TWO more for $20 and $30.
There is a difference in the lower mount tabs, one style is round edged and bolts right to a 79 bumper and one is square for a 77 bumper.
I got my last one for $25 (craigslist and drove a hour) and put it on ol Blue, I think Jeffs Bronco Graveyard has them item # 15010 $235 ouch, but beats a 7 year search IMO.
I got Craigslist burned on the 2nd one I found in Tn (AH never mailed it, go figure). Found trucks on craigslist with them and called to see if they would sale them seperate, sometimes yes thats how I got TWO more for $20 and $30.
There is a difference in the lower mount tabs, one style is round edged and bolts right to a 79 bumper and one is square for a 77 bumper.
I got my last one for $25 (craigslist and drove a hour) and put it on ol Blue, I think Jeffs Bronco Graveyard has them item # 15010 $235 ouch, but beats a 7 year search IMO.
Thread Starter
|
FTE Chapter Leader
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 3,322
Likes: 20
From: Rhode Island
Well my 1st one cost $30 with the bumper off a 79 Bronco in a JY, bolted right on my Silver 77 had the factory light tabs bolted on.
I got Craigslist burned on the 2nd one I found in Tn (AH never mailed it, go figure). Found trucks on craigslist with them and called to see if they would sale them seperate, sometimes yes thats how I got TWO more for $20 and $30.
There is a difference in the lower mount tabs, one style is round edged and bolts right to a 79 bumper and one is square for a 77 bumper.
I got my last one for $25 (craigslist and drove a hour) and put it on ol Blue, I think Jeffs Bronco Graveyard has them item # 15010 $235 ouch, but beats a 7 year search IMO.
I got Craigslist burned on the 2nd one I found in Tn (AH never mailed it, go figure). Found trucks on craigslist with them and called to see if they would sale them seperate, sometimes yes thats how I got TWO more for $20 and $30.
There is a difference in the lower mount tabs, one style is round edged and bolts right to a 79 bumper and one is square for a 77 bumper.
I got my last one for $25 (craigslist and drove a hour) and put it on ol Blue, I think Jeffs Bronco Graveyard has them item # 15010 $235 ouch, but beats a 7 year search IMO.
The Jeffs Bronco Graveyard push bar is "1966-77 Ford Bronco" only. They dont have one for the 78-79 bronco yet.
Cactus Smasher Push Bar
I have found very few of these bars in the RI area. And every craigslist truck I find will not sell the bar seperate. But I have found one, I feel pretty good about it. If I can find one more of the 78-79 bars for my other truck it will be a good year!
Ford Parts Specialist
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 88,826
Likes: 784
From: Simi Valley, CA
Absolutely not!
Overzealous FTE member posted pics of all sorts of these push bars, many of which are not Genuine Ford!
The push bar pictured on his '76 SCS is a typical example. It's a gypo! Ford didn't even offer the push bar until 1978. Of all the pics he posted, only one (2nd pic) appears to be correct.
D8TZ17996B .. Push Bar & Installation Kit / Obsolete
D8TZ17984B .. Push Bar (only) / Obsolete
Fits: 1978/79 F100/350 & Bronco.
Anthony: If I've told you this once, I've told you a 1000 times. Posting pics of obviously gypo parts just confuses people. If you aren't sure, please do not post.
You have had the following parts catalog for over a year. Isn't it about time you figured out how to use it?
1973/79 Ford Light Truck Parts Catalog / GENUINE Ford push bar and attaching parts: Illustration Section 176, Page 7.
Take a look at this illustration...does the push bar look like the one on your truck, or in most of the above photos you posted?
No, it does not.
Overzealous FTE member posted pics of all sorts of these push bars, many of which are not Genuine Ford!
The push bar pictured on his '76 SCS is a typical example. It's a gypo! Ford didn't even offer the push bar until 1978. Of all the pics he posted, only one (2nd pic) appears to be correct.
D8TZ17996B .. Push Bar & Installation Kit / Obsolete
D8TZ17984B .. Push Bar (only) / Obsolete
Fits: 1978/79 F100/350 & Bronco.
Anthony: If I've told you this once, I've told you a 1000 times. Posting pics of obviously gypo parts just confuses people. If you aren't sure, please do not post.
You have had the following parts catalog for over a year. Isn't it about time you figured out how to use it?
1973/79 Ford Light Truck Parts Catalog / GENUINE Ford push bar and attaching parts: Illustration Section 176, Page 7.
Take a look at this illustration...does the push bar look like the one on your truck, or in most of the above photos you posted?
No, it does not.
Logistics Pro
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 4,238
Likes: 21
From: Northern Illinois
I quit wasting my time on him Bill. He is going to have more people confused then he has helped.
Senior User
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 206
Likes: 0
As long as we are beating the push bar questions to death, I have one more question. My bar has pre drilled holes for a set of lights on the top bar and the bottom bar, But the tube that mounts to the top of the bumper on the drivers side has a hole in it as well, it also as 3 holes across the bottom bar facing the grill. These look factory to me and I assume that they are to secure the wiring harness for the lights, Is everyone elses push bars that way? I also have a hole at the bottom of the bar, that mounts to the bottom of the bumper on the passenger side, I thought that maybe for a drain. Thanks again, Jeff
Ford Parts Specialist
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 88,826
Likes: 784
From: Simi Valley, CA
He is in-famous for posting pics of obviously gypo parts on (so called) restored trucks he's found on the net. For another example, take a look at the pics he just posted of stripe kits in another thread in this forum.
I just knew when I looked at those fracatta pics, it would be vintage Anthony all over again.
I'm sorry Anthony, but you bring this criticism upon yourself.