Rear bumper help (UK)

[Lowlifedub]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

Cheers, Mate,
Can't fry your chickens before they've hatched.
I'm a proponent of the step bumper. It's a Manly bumper. You can step on it. You can use it as a anvil in the field. Adds ballast to the rearend. You can even pull a light trailer. Can't do any of that with a 'girly' sport bumper. [JK]
Good to see more Chevy Trucks in the UK.
I used to be a Harrier Handler in the '70s. Our aircraft were Hawker-Siddeley, then BAe-made AV8As [GR1/GR3]. Made in England. So I know why the Brits drink warm beer: Lucas Electrics.
Here's mine. It had no trailer ball, so I added a Class IV hitch.

Ah Lucas electrics. The reason half of British Leyland, rover and jaguar spent more time at the side of the road than on it ha ha.
I live in Lincoln Lincolnshire so we have a few air bases near me Waddington being the closes that houses the Vulcan and the red arrows
I agree the rear looks more manly with a tow bumper on but I have a Caddy sts for daily duties and Thays for towing ha ha. The pick up will be a toy ha ha.
We have had a lot of classic American cars in our family ranging from 60 flat top caddy to 53 buick specials and keeping it Chevy a nice 78 cheyenne blazer. Thus will be my 1st pick up though so im really looking forward to it

['68OrangeSunshine]

As we say on this board -- It's your truck. You can do what you want with it, and that's nobody else's business but your own. I was just kidding about the rear bumpers anyway. But I'm sure by the third pint of scrumpy, you'll see it my way.
What a strange world, my Dad had a couple of Jaguars. A Silver Grey '58 Mark VIII Saloon [3.4(?)L DOHC inline 6] a 4 speed w/electric OD, and no brakes. Loved the fold down tray tables and bar in the back. We drove it from Illinois to LA and stayed. In LA, a few years later he bought a clean two-tone Green/Cream Mark IX '59 body and swapped the same engine into that. Unfortunately he traded the good 4-speed trans with the silver body and got a Leyland license built Powerglide 2-speed automatic with the green body. That car's brakes locked up after 15 miles. He also got me a used '61 Mercedes 190 sedan to drive to school. I loved it to death. Literaly. When I blew a rod on the Newport Freeway, late to a rugby game, I decided to get a Chevy truck. Still got it.
Godspeed on your international shipment of "Machine Parts." You'll have to post us on how a distributor can sheer off an SBC.
Brian