57-60 F-100 front bumper mods????

I am looking a creating a custom front bumper for my 57-58 pickup.

What are some custom or stock bumpers people are using???

pics????

 

I haven't seen anything good yet, I'm considering some cool looking nerf bars.

 

anyone have any ideas????

 

i mocked up a 57 ford p***. car bumper on my 57 f-250. it didnt look too bad, but needs some t*******. if i dont sell the truck soon i'll continue fitting the bumper.

 

Ill look into that!

anyone else??

More Ideas welcome!!

 

A few pics. Nothing too custom other than G Coes red 57.

 

I like the late 80s for van front bumpers... have to narrow them but they are nice and fit the look of the truck!

 

I actually like the 1960 F-100 bumper, but ****ed back close to the body.

 

only pic of mine i have on this computer.. but its a junkyard bumper i found in a 69 van, dont know if it in fact came off of that van, but it needed narrowing, cut the frame rails back, built some brackets.

 

shave it!

 

Even after they are narrowed, they look too flat to look right

 

I was looking at flipping a 55-59 chevy truck bumper upside down so that the long sweeping side would sweep towards the under side of the truck. I tryed it out and the bumper is too fat looking (too tall). What I would like to try is plasma cutting an inch or 2 off the long sweeping side to shorten it up.

 

Here's a 67-79 Ford truck front bumper that I shortened. I'm in the process of modifying some bumper guards to fit and cover the welds. I know it's not really that much different than a 59-60 front bumper, but I have 50 bucks into, and I like the way it looks. If I ever have the money to burn, I'll probably just get one of the premium chrome bumpers from LMC.





I don't think they're too flat. I've put the valence back on since this pic was taken, and I think it matches the flow of the rest of the front-end pretty well. Afterall, they are referred to as refridgerators.

 

btt

 

59-60 bumper tucked back 3" on my 57.

Later,Bill