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eagleuh1 · 08-26-2009, 10:39 AM

I'm looking for a new back bumper and hidden hitch for my 68 C20 LB custom camper. Does anyone know if you can use the oem spare tire carrier and still install the hidden hitch like on Brothers web site. I'd like to keep it under the bed like original. Also, does anyone sell the rear bumper brackets for the 68 longfleetbed with heavy leaf springs. Brothers told me #2000 but that lists for a coil spring setup. Thanks. Jim

eagleuh1 · 08-27-2009, 08:00 PM

Anybody?

**Jurassic-1** · 08-27-2009, 09:16 PM

You should be able to. The hitch mounts in the frame rails and should be far enough back. I have the same type hitch only it comes out with a flat bar under the bumper. The only mod I had to make was putting an angle iron bracket on the ouside of the frame rail to allow the spare to sit slightly forward. I had to use a smaller tire so it would not hit the panard bar. but it works. You will need to slightly bend the spare tire bolt to remove it without taking the bed bolts out.

eagleuh1 · 08-28-2009, 02:49 PM

I don't have a panhard bar. Mines a leaf spring rearend. Anybody know if the hidden hitch works with the spare carrier on that setup. Thanks for the responce though. Your fix would probably work for me also. Jim

**El Jay** · 08-28-2009, 04:07 PM

Check "Brothers", they have a hidden receiver that bolts to the frame; & the crossmember on the hitch is located all the way to the rear.

08-26-2009, 10:39 AM	#1
eagleuh1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Russellville, Arkansas Posts: 1,699	Back bumper and hitch. I'm looking for a new back bumper and hidden hitch for my 68 C20 LB custom camper. Does anyone know if you can use the oem spare tire carrier and still install the hidden hitch like on Brothers web site. I'd like to keep it under the bed like original. Also, does anyone sell the rear bumper brackets for the 68 longfleetbed with heavy leaf springs. Brothers told me #2000 but that lists for a coil spring setup. Thanks. Jim

08-27-2009, 09:16 PM	#3
Jurassic-1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New River Arizona Posts: 1,180	Re: Back bumper and hitch. You should be able to. The hitch mounts in the frame rails and should be far enough back. I have the same type hitch only it comes out with a flat bar under the bumper. The only mod I had to make was putting an angle iron bracket on the ouside of the frame rail to allow the spare to sit slightly forward. I had to use a smaller tire so it would not hit the panard bar. but it works. You will need to slightly bend the spare tire bolt to remove it without taking the bed bolts out.

08-28-2009, 02:49 PM	#4
eagleuh1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Russellville, Arkansas Posts: 1,699	Re: Back bumper and hitch. I don't have a panhard bar. Mines a leaf spring rearend. Anybody know if the hidden hitch works with the spare carrier on that setup. Thanks for the responce though. Your fix would probably work for me also. Jim

08-28-2009, 04:07 PM	#5
El Jay Gone to greener pastures Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gateway to the Delta Posts: 7,354	Re: Back bumper and hitch. Check "Brothers", they have a hidden receiver that bolts to the frame; & the crossmember on the hitch is located all the way to the rear. __________________ '69 Chevy 1/2 T LWB Stepper: Daily Beater '72 GMC 3/4 T Fleet: Another Daily Beater '72 Plymouth Gran Coupe: ? "Ah women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." Friedrich Nietzsche "Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day." Harry S. Truman GUN CONTROL: Never having to say, "I missed you." Always fire two warning shots into your attacker's chest area before putting a bullet between his eyes. Paraphrased from Louis Awerbuck

08-27-2009, 08:00 PM	#2
eagleuh1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Russellville, Arkansas Posts: 1,699	Re: Back bumper and hitch. Anybody?



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