Front Bumper

wildcard · Post by **wildcard** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:29 pm

Will a front bumper off a 73 fit a 71 ? Both are half ton. Found a perfect one on a 73 today in the salvage yard.

jzjames · Post by **jzjames** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:42 pm

They are the same I believe. Somebody else can confirm that.
How much would you pay for a junkyard bumper in Texas?

forrestbump · Post by **forrestbump** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:19 pm

jzjames wrote:They are the same I believe. Somebody else can confirm that.

Yup...through '77.

wildcard · Post by **wildcard** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:41 pm

jzjames wrote:They are the same I believe. Somebody else can confirm that.
How much would you pay for a junkyard bumper in Texas?

Thanks guys.
jz, I called today and he told me for a good condition chrome bumper would be around $50 to $60.

davbell22602 · Post by **davbell22602** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:54 pm

forrestbump wrote:
jzjames wrote:They are the same I believe. Somebody else can confirm that.
Yup...through '77.

You mean through 76? 77 was Fords big change over year on the frames etc.

dunn71 · Post by **dunn71** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:41 am

I have a bumper off of a 75 on my 71 and it bolted right up>

Post by **70_F100** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 7:21 am

73-77 were the same.

They changed in 78. That was the year they added a rubber bumper strip.

Physically, I think even the 78-79 will bolt up, but they don't look the same.

elgemcdlf · Post by **elgemcdlf** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:37 pm

Can someone ID my front bumper? It has the shape of the contour all the way to the end. All other bumpers I have seen "flatten" out on the end. In other words the contour fades away at the very end but mine continues through.

70 ranger · Post by **70 ranger** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:54 pm

I am not positive but I think that the later bumper is one inch bigger in the width. Don't know how to explain this! It is going to fit and look good but if you are running bumperettes or plan to they will be too small. If you don't like those things you have no problem!

Hawkrod · Post by **Hawkrod** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:27 pm

70_F100 wrote:73-77 were the same.

They changed in 78. That was the year they added a rubber bumper strip.

Physically, I think even the 78-79 will bolt up, but they don't look the same.

That is pretty close except that rubber strips came out on the earlier style bumper as an option and so it is not just the later square bumpers that have the rubber. Also note that it was still an option the square bumpers as well and so most of them do not have the rubber. Finally, only the 4X4 F250 really got a revised frame midway through 77, other frames had minor changes along the way but a 79 frame fits a 73 just fine except for the F250 4X4 and there are no major differences in mounting pints etc.... Hawkrod

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