As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
This is the follow up in the experiment if a F 350 bumper will fit on an F 150 Ford. I discovered that this pick up is old enough that I can get antique plates for it.
I should have built brackets for the bumper because while the holes match, the brackets did not. To save time I used carriage bolts. God forbid there ever was running into anything or anything running into us, but the bolts are where this would give and if I pull on it, I can make the bumper move too as this is lighter metal on the supports that are what attaches this bumper to the pick up.
All the same I could hit some fat ass and I doubt anything would bend.
Now for the next part as JYG had a grill guard. Always wanted one, but too expensive. JYG sold me this one for 20 dollars, well was 25, but gave him 40 for the new bumper too.
He thought I would have to make a template and grind of the bumper mount, but God was with me on this 4 day project in running to town for bolts, that I just got it to work.
It came with two brackets for the top which wedge against the bumper. Problem was the bolts needed to be longer than 3 inches on the revision. These guards have square nuts on them which are held in place by a harness. Great idea when brand new. Hell when old and rusty. As I could not get long bolts in this thing, the Holy Ghost just said, "Grind a slot for the bolt to slip up like a saddle on a horse. I added two power line square washers and that part worked pretty good.
The bottom I had to make two brackets an that was a bit more cussing than work. The bolts go vertical in this mounting situation to the other is horizontal. I used like 5/16ths bolts which are small, with washers and lock washers, and got things lined up, then used a Vice Grip to bend the 1/4 inch metal on the brackets to form fit to the bumper.
Tightened everything down and it worked.
I have no idea where this junked grill guard came off of. It must have been a Ford as the fit was not pervfect, but nigger rigging stuff, it did work.
So I have an F 150 pick up old as the hills. I have an F 350 bumper old as the hills and some kind of grill guard on it all that must be not as old as the hills, but it not for either a 150 or 350, but I made it work.
Yes if I just had time to sit on my ass and as shop to work in, not under the scalding sun and rainy rainy, I would have built a bracket to attach this bumper directly to the frame and not using 6 inch carriage bolts to attach it, as their is give to it. Same with the grill guard, I would have probably welded a bracket to the frame and bolt it directly, but God forbid I hit an animal or a vehicle hits me head on, solid mounting is not going to protect a thing when it comes to vehicles and deer.........they bend the shit out of stuff too.
My old man had a 68 Ford 3/4 ton pick up. He saw a moose crossing the road once, and floored it. That is just the old man, and I have impetuses like that too. About 50 yards from the moose he started thinking this was not such a genius plan, as he said the moose's belly was as high as the hood of the pick up. He hit the brakes, lots of squealing and rubber was laid, but he stopped short of hitting that animal.
Damn fool would have wrecked the pick up. Probably would have killed himself. or worse yet made him some crip, and he was bad enough always dying and whining about some shit he knew he was dying and whining from. If we could have dumped his ass in the geezer home and got rid of him, it would have probably been okie doke as Social Security would have paid the kid of a cripple veg head a monthly check. Brother probably would have cheated me out of things, but you never know.
I do know I'm not going to be running over any moose with this cherry. It was a good salvage project though as the whole shebang was under 50 bucks.........be 500 other wise.
Nuff Said
agtG
