My first shot at a bumper Mod

[51 Fargo]

This is my first shot at a bumper refit..... My truck had this bumper on it when I got the truck . It is ok but just doesn,t go with the theme of the truck I think

So I did a refit with this 49 plymouth Bumper.. Had to cut in Half and stretch it to fit truck I will also be putting a bridge bar in around the Lic Plate to finish it off

[buds truck]

Looks good. I have a Rechrome 50 Dodge Coronet front bumper for mine. It fit without cutting. Got it from a member of the forum on a trade. took a while to find out what it was. Bud

[Frank Elder]

The dodge cars are a wider platform, but you can't go wrong with a ribbed plymouth bumper! It is lookin' good.

[Bob_Koch]

What year plymouth bumper should I look for?

[Frank Elder]

49 bumper.

[Young Ed]

Those are kinda in short supply. 49s were a short year due to carry over of the 46-48 design and those bumpers are popular for rods.

To the original poster-what did you put in the middle to stretch it? A flat piece for the plate?

[51 Fargo]

Those are kinda in short supply. 49s were a short year due to carry over of the 46-48 design and those bumpers are popular for rods.

To the original poster-what did you put in the middle to stretch it? A flat piece for the plate?

I cut the bumper in half and added 1 5/8 of steel to the center section then made a lic plate bracket to the front side of the bumper. I will be making a bridge bar to fit the bumper that will go around the Lic plate to finish off the bumper

[51 Fargo]

I have the rear done whats your input do I keep it full length or cut on black line ???

[pflaming]

To my taste, I would not shorten the bumper. I think it looks better as a match to the front bumper which is also wrapped around. You might want to paint what you would cut off with a water based paint that would wash off. If you painted the ends black, you might get an idea of how it would look. If you do that, then paint the ends of the front bumpers also to see how they would look if shorter.

From a practical point, the longer bumper also protects your fender. There are a lot of short posts in parking lots. Good looking truck!

[48Dodger]

The front bumper seems more flat, with 90 degree turns at the fenders. The rear bumper is rounded without 90's. For some reason my eye wants to see them switched...or....a bumper like the front, on the back. JMHO.

Great looking Fargo!

48D

[51 Fargo]

Huh Get this both bumper are the same they are 2 fronts and the one on the front of my truck has been cut and tweeked to fit the front of the truck all hiddin behind the lic plate

[48Dodger]

I guess the rear looks to rounded for my eyes....so the front may have been straighten up by the cut behind lic? Maybe the same would be considered for the back, doing like what Bud said. Thx for letting me add my 2 cents.

~48D

[woodscavenger]

Cut the rear and shorten it. It looks great.

Where did you get the turn signals?

[Dave72dt]

I'd get the curvature of the back bumper to match the front, section it to bring the ends closer to the bed sides, matching the front's gap, slide the whole bumper forward to match the gap of the front bumper and consider adding a filler panel between the bed and bumper, rear box step plates behind the rear fenders to fill the gap betwen fenders and bumper ends. But that's just me. I like things symmetrical and balanced so they don't look like an add-on.

[4852dodge]

Don't cut either. They look great the way they are.

[BobT-47P15]

They look good as they are.....would not cut.