illegal to ride around no rear bumper?

[attack eagle]

Originally Posted by Lugnut64052

I think it is different state to state. I bought a new Toyota pickup in 1991 which never had a bumper. DMV said that was fine-- I never had to have one for yearly inspections or licensing because the truck didn't come equipped with one to begin with.

I don't know many people who DID have bumpers on them. Dealer option bumpers or sears catalog was all there was.
for the longest time Toyotas were shipped over without even BEDS on them... beds were manufactured in California near the port at Long Beach.

IN brief though, until ~1997 it was not federally required to have a rear bumper on trucks...

which means that after 1997 bumpers had to then be certified for crashworthiness by OEMs and became standard and semi-cosmetically integrated.
Wiped out the ugly/dealer bumper industry... no loss.