Did Pickup have a rear bumper or not ?

[C26Pinelake]

I have a 29 Pickup roadster that has no rear bumper. It shows in the salesman's sales book that a rear bumper was available as an accesory for 8 dollars. I have always been told that pickups never had rear bumpers. If they did where might they be available from to allow for turn signals ? Thanks wayne

[Vanspeed]

My 29 does not have one but I would be interested to know if they were available for them.

[Gary WA]

No bumper But you can put one on! 28-31

[CarlG]

While rear bumpers were not "original", mine has one on it now. (Avitar was taken BB)

Do a search, there are several threads on the subject that I read up on before installing mine.

[C26Pinelake]

On the web site "Rare Model A accesories " there is one section devoted to pickup trucks and that is where I saw it.

[Vic in E-TN]

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I have a 29 and I installed a full length rear 29 bumper. All pickups (not only Model A's) should have a trailer hitch. The only problem that I have is that if you have one that is not a 1 1/4 or 2 inch receiver type it will stick out and you cannot lower the tailgate all the way. This year I want to replace my old one with a 1 1/4 inch receiver.

Vic

[rickmass]

Ilive in mass.wouldn,t be a bad thing to put one on my truck.Rickmass

[Joop]

"On the web site "Rare Model A accesories " there is one section devoted to pickup trucks and that is where I saw it."

Could you let us know the link to this website please. thanks

[RonC]

Rare Model A Accessories

http://users.erols.com/b-dwheeler/index.html

[JBR]

Originally Posted by C26Pinelake

On the web site "Rare Model A accessories " there is one section devoted to pickup trucks and that is where I saw it.

I'm not sure how to say this without it sounding bad, which is not my intent. The paragraph below the ad reads,

"The booklet once belonged to Mr. Emmett Francois of New Jersey, who shares this rare piece of Model A literature with us.

Although the book is geared towards truck buyers, many of the accessories shown are the same ones used for cars." from Bruce Wheeler's "Friends of the Model A Web Site"

Model A pickups did not come with rear bumpers, nor were they a factory or dealer option to my knowledge. Some people have rigged up rear bumpers using car bumper mounts on their pickups. I am considering doing the same for mine when I get that far.
Jon

[C26Pinelake]

Yes that is indeed the site I found it on and I clicked on truck accesories.
Wayne

[Big John]

no from factory

[Jake]

I have model A bumpers on the back of my 32 PU. it was less expensive than trying to find a 32 bumper.

[glenn in camino]

Do they stick out enough to protect your tailgate in a rear end bump?

[CarlG]

Originally Posted by glenn in camino

Do they stick out enough to protect your tailgate in a rear end bump?

Depends on how you mount it.

[Mikeinnj]

Originally Posted by C26Pinelake

On the web site "Rare Model A accesories " there is one section devoted to pickup trucks and that is where I saw it.

There is no such website....

The correct link is shown here....http://users.erols.com/b-dwheeler/indexacc.html

[C26Pinelake]

Thanks for relaying your message in such a friendly manner. I think you will find the site quoted above is the same you quoted. Thank you for verifying the previous information as that was very kind of you !!!

[mrtexas]

I got some bar stock the matching width/thickness for the cut off rear bumper mount I had from a box of junk. I promptly welded up a bracket and used a cross member I had for my e28 open cab pickup. I didn't need to drill a hole in the frame either. I added a few stoplights as well.

[C26Pinelake]

Looks good Mr.texas, I am inpressed !

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by C26Pinelake

Looks good Mr.texas, I am inpressed !

Yes, I agree that it does look good. I also saw a rear bumper made by the owner back in the 30's in such a way that he had a storage tray below the bed.