Ok so lets see them 79-83 bumpers pics. Looking for the coolest first gen pickup bumper front and rear.

 

Here is the Marlin rear bumper:


This pile of junk and some other stuff will hopefully be going up front in the next few weeks:
(Trail Gear Winch mount, yes it will be welded to the frame since it is for 84-89's)

I would have love to ordered a Marlin Front bumper but they could never say when they would be able to ship one

Guess this stuff isn't really the coolest, but it works(will work) for me...

 

how mine for coolest?!


haha, had some 3/4" pvc laying around and me n my budds were bored, so we mocked up a crappy bumper

 

I love the pvc, is that schedule 40 and does it come with blue or purple glue?

 

this is what i have for now... im gonna take it off for an exocage hopefully this summer

 

Well heres my front bumper custom made.... just regret that I didn't put a third light but other than that just love my bumper think it is way better than the one I had

 

Here's mine. Tied into an exo, has a winch on it now, D-rings on each side.

 

I love it, does anyone know of anyone who sells off the shelf bumpers for 79-83? Front and rear matched? also where in nor cal

 

Marlin Crawler is about the only one that does, but I just could never get an answer when they would be able to ship a front bumper. I had my rear bumper with in 3 days of placing the order...

 

Thats what I thought. Marlin's rear is cool but the last time I ordered something on a hot timeline I got the same thing you did and I'm a vendor who spendt thousands a month with them. I have since limited what I get there. Soooooo what do we want in a first gen p/u bumper front and rear?

 

The guy who built mine could take care of you. He's in Elk Grove and works from home. His products are custom made to fit your rig and you can make whatever tweaks you want to the design. Here's a photo of an 83 Yota that he just finished 12/22/07..


Close to the bump on my rig except for no welded D-rings or roll pan below the winch plate.

 

thats nice i'm thinking something more like plate style winch mount with a matching winch plate rear.

 

'82 22R, Offy-32/36 Weber, NWOR header, A340 auto w/steering wheel button shift, 4.88 w/rear locker, 2" Rancho lift nad shocks, more to come............ Just got the camera don't have anymore pics yet and don't have it figured out yet. Merry Christmas.

 

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That doesn't look too bad! Just put some cardboard in the lower parts, and get some bubble gum and popsicles to hold it all together

 

Had a plate bumper originally. The following url will give you the specs: http://rockalot.net/bumper.html


Here's my old rear bump, pretty much the same today with a few mods to it...

 

the front is great but no winch is there? Good design though

 

No winch on that bumper. I was going for a better approach angle so I was using a receiver mounted winch. Easy to add a winch though. Just notch it out, add a mount plate and gusset the bottom.