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I need a little help on the 41-46 1/2 ton pickup. I cannot find any brackets and the reproductions are too expensive.

Does anyone have a set of the two pieces that go from the frame to the bumper? I would appreciate it if someone would trace a template for me so that I can make some.

My email is: [email protected]

THANK YOU!

Here you go.....

A photo and I traced them on a 8.5x11" paper. You should be able to just print them out. Click here - you will need Adobe Reader

Good luck... I'll be curious to see if you can make them from this tracing!

Tim

Tim,
Thank you so much Tim. This is great.....and so quick too.

It could be challenging to make these. I did not realize that they are 1/4 inch thick!

I've had your web site bookmarked for a long time. I appreciate the time you take to document your work. I've been working for 5 years and only have a few dozen pictues.

Thanks again.

No problem. Yeah, these are some pretty heavy duty brackets. Good luck.

D1ck -
I think what you are going to run into is that the brackets are made of 1 3/4" wide material and, yes, it is made of 1/4" thick material. You may have to look around to find 1 3/4" material. I never could find any and finally had to use 2" wide material. The other problem I had was bending it without heating it so I could maintain a smooth, gradual bend, instead of a sharp bend. I finally went to an iron shop that made gates, window grates and other ornamental iron for homes and buildings. They made them for me, but it wasn't cheap.
At the time I couldn't find any, anywhere. I later traced and photographed mine and gave the information to Ron Wade, owner of Chev's of the 40's, and what you see in his catalog now are reproductions of my 37 bumper brackets.
I wish you luck and let me know if I can help you!.
Joe :crazy:

I never know if I'm brave or stupid.

I made some "S" shaped hand rails for some park benches and they were 3/16 x 2. I made a jig and bolted it on the bed of my trailer and used a loooooonnnng pipe to make the bends. But these were not a 90 degree bend.

I assumed that heat would be required. I guess I need to learn more about heating steel and cool steel before I tackle this projet.