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| | | | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,132 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,132 | Are the rear bumpers on an AD pickup the same as on an AD suburban? Also the rear bumper on my 49 sub has a hole torched in the center of it by an unknown PO probably for a trailer hitch. Can this hole be repaired by welding in a patch with no adverse affect on the integrity of the bumper? If the bumpers are not the same I would like to rechrome the original after fixing the hole. Weeds | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | The Suburban (Panel Body) rear bumpers are the same as the front bumpers on all Advance-Design 1/2 ton trucks. The rear bumper brackets for Panel Body trucks are different from pickup trucks; and, the rear bumper brackets are different from the front bumper brackets.
Tim | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1 | A very common misconception is that the burb and panel rear bumpers are identical to the front bumpers.
I have done some research over the years and I found that the rear bumpers on the burbs & panels are NOT identical to the front bumpers.
They are rounded on the ends like a front bumper but when you lay an ORIGINAL burb or panel rear bumper next to a front bumper you can see that they do not have as much of an arc.
Close but no cigar. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,132 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,132 | Now I am really confused. Weeds | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | Would that mean that when using a front bumper on the rear of a panel body truck, the front bumper would not line up with the rear valance (or whatever it is called)? What about part number 4300438 (from the Master Parts Catalog) for 1/2 ton panel body (single unit) trucks. Or, 4300437 for 1-ton panel body (single unit) trucks? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | A very common misconception is that the burb and panel rear bumpers are identical to the front bumpers.
I have done some research over the years and I found that the rear bumpers on the burbs & panels are NOT identical to the front bumpers.
They are rounded on the ends like a front bumper but when you lay an ORIGINAL burb or panel rear bumper next to a front bumper you can see that they do not have as much of an arc.
Close but no cigar. problem with that kind of "research" is that those front and rear bumpers have the same part number in the master parts book [3700438], same with the 41-46 and 55-59 series panel/burb's, front and back are the same Bill | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 | I think that there were two different types of rear bumpers. My 53 half ton panel had a heavy, thick rear bumper. It was quite different from the front. Maybe a PO put a bumper on from a big bolt? I acquired a front bumper off a pickup to replace it with. Weeds, I think you could likely repair the hole without weakening the bumper, it will still be better than the bumpers they make now-a-days. | | | | | | OLTrucks Unregistered | | OLTrucks Unregistered | problem with that kind of "research" is that those front and rear bumpers have the same part number in the master parts book [3700438]
Bill I have found the same information in two dif master parts as Bill and both my burb bumpers front & rear lay right together. Mike | | |
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