44 Chev 13 cab

jason meade · #1 28-05-12, 14:22

Thought I would throw up a picture of my Chev, Put in the glass and painted most of the cab untill the mosquitoes showed up and just about drove me off the deep end!
Is the front bumber really bent back on both ends or is it bad driving habits for its prior owners?

hrpearce · #2 28-05-12, 14:38

Just bad driving or driving in bush with no brakes and using trees to come to a stop. Painting and glass look good. For mossie control invite a fiew friends over to watch you work, give them a couple of ice cold beers that should keep them there as mossy traps while you work in comfort.

Grant Bowker · #3 28-05-12, 16:47

If the bent bumper disturbs you enough, the "C" channel section is still available and the last piece I saw still had "Made in Canada" rolled into it so that wouldn't be a giveaway that you had made a reproduction.
Of course, once you have a pristine bumper you will have to be careful not to hit trees.......

jason meade · #4 28-05-12, 21:06

No, Dont bother me thats what a torch is for and a 20 ton press...lol, I am sure i can fix it.

Alex Blair (RIP) · #5 28-05-12, 21:36

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Originally Posted by jason meade

No, Dont bother me thats what a torch is for and a 20 ton press...lol, I am sure i can fix it.

Jason..
Take a chain and hook it to one end of the bumper and run it around a tree and hook it to the other end of the bumper..back the truck up til there is a strain on the tree and then have your buddy heat bumper until straight..\
If you don't have a buddy,point it up hill,install chain ..release break til tension on chain..

Bob Carriere · #6 29-05-12, 03:24

Bumpers were curved back on all later production cab 13......

........ it was an early attempt at reducing air drag......

.............. and it made it go faster than Fords....!!!!!

A. Knokeemous

Bruce Parker (RIP) · #7 29-05-12, 04:04

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Originally Posted by Alex Blair

Jason..
Take a chain and hook it to one end of the bumper and run it around a tree and hook it to the other end of the bumper..back the truck up til there is a strain on the tree and then have your buddy heat bumper until straight..\
If you don't have a buddy,point it up hill,install chain ..release break til tension on chain..

Alex, that is so....imprecise. The real way is to remove the pretzel, set it on a hard surface (bump up) and carefully drive the CMP up on top of it. Actually, that's what I tried with my first bent CMP bumper all those years ago and it didn't work. I'll bet it would have if it had been bigger than a 15cwt. Maybe best go with your way...