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Hello Panelists, I can't find a chrome replacement rear bumper for my painted one on my 3100 Chevy Panel truck. Any help on this is very appreciated:

The bumper on the rear of the Panel and Suburban for a 1949 3100, is the same as the front.

I have seen that advertised "lately", but I can't believe it -- Is that really true guys...?

Did you look in the parts books? That should convince you
Gm has made some rare mistakes in some parts books but they get corrected year to year
However it is general knowledge amongst the bumper enthusiasts that the panel rear bumpers are the same curvature and hole pattern as the front bumpers
Now what is the size of your panel? There are 4 options for the rear bumper of a panel
The half and 3/4 ton thickness in chrome or paint
And the 1 ton panel delivery in chrome or paint
-s

Yep, and the 1 ton panel bumpers are thicker - otherwise the same.
I guess you can call me a bumper enthusiast. I have a few of each.

The size I have Sir is a half-ton, 3100, short bed Chevy 49 Panel truck from Texas that is in good (whole) and stock looking "as the day is long" condition. The rear bumper is on there, when I bought it -- but I can't claim if the prior owner swapped it out, but it is not shiny at all.

Are your's chrome in good shape Mr. Hansen??

So, I have to search for chrome front Panel truck bumpers -- or will Pickup bumbers fit too?

Nope, they need lots of work.

You need a pickup or panel front bumper. They're the same.

Oh, ok. that sounds good then I will start checking around

Tom, Where are you located? I bought a repop bumper from the Filling Station in Lebanon, OR. Had some friends coming thru there and they brought it up to me. It looks decent. Way cheaper than shipping one down to a plating shop and back up to me.

Hello, I am located in Pennsylvania. About a hour north of Philadelphia. It looks like you are in Alaska. I just found one in Tennessee.

This one came from one of the usual suppliers. Don't ask me to remember which one, but it was probably the one that had had the cheapest combined price. All I asked for was a pickup front. Now that I think about it, I probably drove down to Huntington Beach to pick it up from Classic Industries.

It looks really nice. That's about all that I would need...How was the fit putting it on the brackets Mr. Smith...??

Easy peasy.

Good to know sir!