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28-05-12, 15:22
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44 Chev 13 cab
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?
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28-05-12, 15:38
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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.
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Robert Pearce. Last edited by hrpearce; 28-05-12 at 15:44.
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28-05-12, 17:47
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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.......
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28-05-12, 22:06
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No, Dont bother me thats what a torch is for and a 20 ton press...lol, I am sure i can fix it.
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28-05-12, 22:36
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Easy way
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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..
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29-05-12, 04:24
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You got it all wrong.....
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
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29-05-12, 05:04
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29-05-12, 16:19
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Recipe for straightening bumpers
Remove bumper from truck
Dig one hole in the ground 2 foot diameter One length steel pipe long enough to reach bottom of hole 4 foot is good Twenty-five lbs of charcoal One shop vacuum cleaner or leaf blower One 10 foot length of steel I beam One 10 ton jack Couple of lengths of chain One match You now have all the ingredients necessary for one make shift forge to heat the bent area of the bumper. If you are imaginative you can replace the jack, beam, and chain with a 10 lbs sledgehammer and get very good results. Let me warn you though this tends to be a one time trick, the second time the bumper get bent this doesn’t seem work. I've down this trick 3 times on two different trucks and have now fabricated two new bumpers. Cheers Phil
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05-06-12, 15:11
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There after beating on that bumper for a weekend I thing I got it as stright as I can get it,now if I can get my back back in its rightful spot all will be good.
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06-06-12, 02:19
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Not bad at all.....
..... now to do the grill bar....!!!!
Bob
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06-06-12, 03:13
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I know Buddy, dident have it in me to swing that damn sledge hammer, had to move on to a long over due build of a C-9 lmg.
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