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stepside71 · 01-27-2004, 04:47 PM

I did a thread search, that was no help. So i'll throw this out here hoping to get some help. THe only trucks that I have ever seen this bumper on was 80's stepsides, and even then it was not on all of them. It is a step bumper that stops at the bed stakes. The fleetside length step bumper is VERY common but the narrow step is NOT. I have searched my town and nearby towns for a few years now but can not find one. I would like to get one used, heck I haven't even seen new ones. I am beginning to think I will have to get a "long" unchromed one. Then section it and have it chromed.
Any help or ideas?

Tx Firefighter · 01-27-2004, 06:13 PM

On my 83 step I used an 80s vintage Ford Ranger bumper. I had to drill two new holes for the bolts though.

Tx Firefighter · 01-27-2004, 06:15 PM

Here's the best pic I have of it. There weren't digital cameras back then.

The bumper was narrow. It didn't stick out past the bed sides like most stepside bumpers do.

HYPERMAN · 01-28-2004, 08:16 AM

I think I have seen one a few years back. I was a S10 step bumper on a 78 stepside and I don't think it stuck out much past the bed. Check that angle out.

Peter

**1971Stepside** · 01-28-2004, 02:02 PM

The bumper you saw may have been cut down and rechromed. I wish they chromed the back sides of the bumpers for the stepsides, as it shows and is never finished.

01-27-2004, 04:47 PM	#1
stepside71 Project Money Pit Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Pensacola Florida Posts: 90	bumper search I did a thread search, that was no help. So i'll throw this out here hoping to get some help. THe only trucks that I have ever seen this bumper on was 80's stepsides, and even then it was not on all of them. It is a step bumper that stops at the bed stakes. The fleetside length step bumper is VERY common but the narrow step is NOT. I have searched my town and nearby towns for a few years now but can not find one. I would like to get one used, heck I haven't even seen new ones. I am beginning to think I will have to get a "long" unchromed one. Then section it and have it chromed. Any help or ideas?

01-27-2004, 06:13 PM	#2
Tx Firefighter Watch out for your cornhole ! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Azle, Texas Posts: 14,162	On my 83 step I used an 80s vintage Ford Ranger bumper. I had to drill two new holes for the bolts though. __________________ I'm on the Instagram- @Gearhead_Kevin

01-27-2004, 06:15 PM	#3
Tx Firefighter Watch out for your cornhole ! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Azle, Texas Posts: 14,162	Here's the best pic I have of it. There weren't digital cameras back then. The bumper was narrow. It didn't stick out past the bed sides like most stepside bumpers do. __________________ I'm on the Instagram- @Gearhead_Kevin

01-28-2004, 08:16 AM	#4
HYPERMAN Registered User Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Moncton, New Brunswick Posts: 239	REAR STEP BUMPERS I think I have seen one a few years back. I was a S10 step bumper on a 78 stepside and I don't think it stuck out much past the bed. Check that angle out. Peter

01-28-2004, 02:02 PM	#5
1971Stepside Almost Satisfied Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 2,932	The bumper you saw may have been cut down and rechromed. I wish they chromed the back sides of the bumpers for the stepsides, as it shows and is never finished. __________________ 1971 C10 Stepside. LSx 6.0 with BTR Stage IV, Speed Engineering Headers, 4L80e transmission w/3200 Circle-D Stall. 3.73. Posi. Purchased this truck when I was 17. I started the rebuild (or take apart) in 1993. I have drug it around all over the country in pieces. Finally back on the road in 2021. "I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. Life's been good to me so far."



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