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#28746 11/17/2003 6:12 PM | Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 264 Member | | Member Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 264 | For those who have stock rear bumpers on their 1/2 ton '54 or '55 1st series, can you tell me the distance from the lower edge of the rear pan/bed support to the lower edge of the rear bumper? Maybe this is the same for the pre-'54 trucks. I need this info because I am trying to run my dual exhaust but I don't have my rear bumper yet. I don't want to have clearance problems and I don't want to run the tailpipes any lower than I have to. Thanks in advance. | | |
#28747 11/17/2003 7:06 PM | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 | Hey that is pretty important, I would get the bumper first. I guess a measurement would work. Someone with a stock bumper will have to tell you. [img] http://www.angelswest.com/_borders/fckfrd.jpg[/img]
54 3100 with 235
62 flatbed dump C60 with 261
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#28748 11/18/2003 2:39 AM | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 20 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 20 | I checked on my '53 with stock rear bumper and the tops of my pipes are 5" below a line stretched across the bottom of the end of the frame rails. They clear the bottom of the bumper by about half an inch. Not sure if 54-55 are the same bumper brackets.
I agree with Tony that the bumper on first would be a good idea. You could stop at the mufflers until the bumper is on before adding the tail pipes and adjusting the hangers. - Pete
Doug Peterson
53 Chevy Pickup
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#28749 11/18/2003 3:02 AM | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 | I know the 54 stock bumper is different in some ways from the other years.
54 3100 with 235
62 flatbed dump C60 with 261
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#28750 11/20/2003 5:15 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 111 Member | | Member Joined: May 2003 Posts: 111 | I'm gonna have to check if that licence plates available WA....
Love the pic :p
35 + years of rollin' steel!
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#28751 11/20/2003 5:43 AM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 23 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 23 | Hey Tony.!! Is that plate for real.??...If so ..what were the sensors doing that day.??...Smoking wacky tabacky.???...Passing in Washington.???..I think not.!!!...Though I think "FCK OLY " would be nice.!! 
If all the cylinders ain't in a line it ain't cuttin it..
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#28752 11/20/2003 6:58 AM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 23 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 23 | Originally posted by inlineal: Hey Tony.!! Is that plate for real.??...If so ..what were the sensors doing that day.??...Smoking wacky tabacky.???...Passing in Washington.???..I think not.!!!...Though I think "FCK OLY "(Olympia) would be nice.!!
If all the cylinders ain't in a line it ain't cuttin it..
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