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| | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 71 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 71 | Just received the new bumpers for my 49 AD and noticed that the rear has five punched holes. The center hole isn't needed. Obviously I could just put another bumper bolt in it but I'm looking for ideas, a small bowtie emblem? Suggestions are welcome. | | | | | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 96 Member | | Member Joined: May 2004 Posts: 96 | If you plan on chroming, the chrome shop will do the repair. If you plan on painting, you can weld and grind smooth prior to painting. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | My original '50 has that hole too, not sure what it was for.
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A lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 51 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 51 | My '50 has the same hole. Please see the below link from Jim Carter's for information about the fifth bolt hole. And the rare filler bolt that can be installed in the hole. http://www.oldchevytrucks.com/cgi/htmlos.exe/002310.2.1917951597600010861 I have been trying to locate one of those filler bolts for thirteen years. I guess I will have to get used to the hole. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | I got one of those filler "plugs" on a used bumper. As stated on Jim Carter's site, the post is not threaded; the "bolt" is held on with a spring nut. The head of the bolt has the stainless cover but the diameter of the head is a little smaller than the threaded bumper bolts.
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