Rear license plate bracket: how does this mount?? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Brad54 · 10-01-2016, 08:43 PM

I just picked up a NOS rear license plate mounting bracket (three of them, actually--friend gave 'em to me).
I can't figure out how or where this mounts.
It's got a 1963 date code stamped in it, and I've seen them on ebay listing them for trucks.
Any idea?

67swb72klb · 10-01-2016, 09:31 PM

I think that is for a rear bumper delete truck??

**Classic v6 GMC's** · 10-01-2016, 09:36 PM

They mount on the rear cross sill.

oem4me · 10-02-2016, 11:21 AM

Most I have seen are for step bumpers, and mount next to the plate like in the photo below. Obviously, there must be a shorter version or the arms are trimmed off at the dealer.

jonzcustomshop · 10-02-2016, 10:27 PM

I don't have a pic, but when I took my step bumper off, this bracket had been bent out of the way, it was on the left side , and screwed into the rear bed sill .

I had asked on the forum, and someone posted in that it was the factory LP bracket that came on the trucks that did not have a bumper.

**MusicMan70** · 10-02-2016, 10:39 PM

Had one of those hidden behind my bumper on a 73

Brad54 · 10-03-2016, 12:07 AM

That makes sense. I don't know about our trucks, but I do remember in the '80s that rear bumpers on pick-up trucks were often an extra-cost option or dealer-installed. I remember asking someone at the time why all the new trucks at the dealership didn't have rear bumpers.

-Brad

jbgroby · 10-03-2016, 08:01 AM

Brad,

IF you are using a rear bumper, technically you should have a bracket like the one in the picture attached.

IF you are not using a bumper, then the one in your picture can be used. When I first got my truck, I had a bracket like yours, mounted to the rear more bed cross frame.

Brad54 · 10-03-2016, 10:30 AM

My truck is a long-bed step-side, but I'm going to get a wrap-around diamond plate dealer-installed rear bumper. Not sure what I'll do at that point for a tag light or even the mounting location.

Thanks for the info, guys!
-Brad

10-01-2016, 08:43 PM	#1
Brad54 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Athens, Georgia Posts: 1,456	Rear license plate bracket: how does this mount?? I just picked up a NOS rear license plate mounting bracket (three of them, actually--friend gave 'em to me). I can't figure out how or where this mounts. It's got a 1963 date code stamped in it, and I've seen them on ebay listing them for trucks. Any idea? Attached Images __________________ '61 Suburban daily driver: off the road due to 180-pound 8-pt buck! '62 K-10 long-step project '61 C30 Camper, aka "Valdez" There's no cool like Old School

10-01-2016, 09:31 PM	#2
67swb72klb Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: livingston co.mi Posts: 2,457	Re: Rear license plate bracket: how does this mount?? I think that is for a rear bumper delete truck?? __________________ California 65 GTO---Texas 64 burb 283 ---Oklahoma 67 CST SWB BBW wood bed 327 2004r---New Mexico 72 k10 350 350 auto---Georga 72 short step project

10-01-2016, 09:36 PM	#3
Classic v6 GMC's Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Arizona from Overland Park Kansas Posts: 3,968	Re: Rear license plate bracket: how does this mount?? They mount on the rear cross sill. __________________ Current projects: 1966 Chevy Custom PS PB A/C BBW 283 v8 3 speed OD 1966 GMC Long Step 1966 GMC 3/4 ton Custom PS PB Sport trim 351 v6 1966 GMC 3/4 ton 4x4 Custom PB 305 v6 np435 1960 GMC Custom 1968 GMC 3/4 ton 4x4 Short Bed 1962 K20 Tow truck 1961 GMC Extended Suburban Panel and a few more

10-02-2016, 11:21 AM	#4
oem4me Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Burbank CA Posts: 3,055	Re: Rear license plate bracket: how does this mount?? Most I have seen are for step bumpers, and mount next to the plate like in the photo below. Obviously, there must be a shorter version or the arms are trimmed off at the dealer. Attached Images

10-02-2016, 10:27 PM	#5
jonzcustomshop 1961 crewcab Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: missoula, mt Posts: 6,164	Re: Rear license plate bracket: how does this mount?? I don't have a pic, but when I took my step bumper off, this bracket had been bent out of the way, it was on the left side , and screwed into the rear bed sill . I had asked on the forum, and someone posted in that it was the factory LP bracket that came on the trucks that did not have a bumper. __________________ 60 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=280904 61 crew build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=646830 63 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=336537 64 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448681 65 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590715 65 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=281955

10-02-2016, 10:39 PM	#6
MusicMan70 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Corona, CA Posts: 1,840	Re: Rear license plate bracket: how does this mount?? Had one of those hidden behind my bumper on a 73 Attached Images __________________ MusicMan70 1961 GMC Suburban

10-03-2016, 12:07 AM	#7
Brad54 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Athens, Georgia Posts: 1,456	Re: Rear license plate bracket: how does this mount?? That makes sense. I don't know about our trucks, but I do remember in the '80s that rear bumpers on pick-up trucks were often an extra-cost option or dealer-installed. I remember asking someone at the time why all the new trucks at the dealership didn't have rear bumpers. -Brad __________________ '61 Suburban daily driver: off the road due to 180-pound 8-pt buck! '62 K-10 long-step project '61 C30 Camper, aka "Valdez" There's no cool like Old School

10-03-2016, 08:01 AM	#8
jbgroby Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lacombe, LA Posts: 2,772	Re: Rear license plate bracket: how does this mount?? Brad, IF you are using a rear bumper, technically you should have a bracket like the one in the picture attached. IF you are not using a bumper, then the one in your picture can be used. When I first got my truck, I had a bracket like yours, mounted to the rear more bed cross frame. Attached Images __________________ http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/jb...23904108567829

10-03-2016, 10:30 AM	#9
Brad54 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Athens, Georgia Posts: 1,456	Re: Rear license plate bracket: how does this mount?? My truck is a long-bed step-side, but I'm going to get a wrap-around diamond plate dealer-installed rear bumper. Not sure what I'll do at that point for a tag light or even the mounting location. Thanks for the info, guys! -Brad __________________ '61 Suburban daily driver: off the road due to 180-pound 8-pt buck! '62 K-10 long-step project '61 C30 Camper, aka "Valdez" There's no cool like Old School



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