saw a '55 Chevy...
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Topic: saw a '55 Chevy...
Posted By: shameless dude
Subject: saw a '55 Chevy...
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2019 at 7:17pm
| this morning...had a near perfect rear bumper on it. I asked the guy if he had another one? said he found the one on the car on a junker, and had it re-cromed. I guess if that ole Joe wasn't so cheap, he could find a bumper! (poke,poke) |
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Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2019 at 7:30pm
Yes but was it a station wagon? Remember it must be. |
shameless dude wrote:Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2019 at 8:57pm
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Now Shameless you know Joe is not cheap, he's frugal! Rechroming is the best route on getting a good bumper for one that old. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2019 at 10:30pm
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Chit,,,I may just have to build one,,,,,,,I have seen some other cars and I'm thinkin the 50's chevy trks had that little inset,,,??? Other trks as well that have that inset piece that could be cut out and welded to my bumper,,,,,,  More that one way to skin a cat besides f*****it death,,,, The bumper I have for the car was straightened and re-chromed years ago, you can see the chiesel marks on the inside from the straightening process. I have located a shop in SE Dallas that still has a state permit to do the chroming and they currently have my new "Modified" grill that I made. It gonna be pure bitc****g cool. Reminds me I should call em Monday see when I get it back. Guess I should start to look me for a trk bumper and go ahead and build one,,,,
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Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2019 at 10:32pm
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THANK YOU,,Hubert,,,,,,,,
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Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2019 at 10:36pm
| Crap I knew I forgot to do something. Sorry Joe I gotta look see if that wagon has a rear bumper. I'll try to remember to look |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2019 at 5:14am
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Brother had a 55 B210 wagon, put a SB /4 speed into it, had bumper rechromed. Paid MORE for rechroming than car,engine and tranny ! He sold his 'toy' 5 years ago... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2019 at 6:15am
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I Have been countin the days,,,,Mike,,,,
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Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2019 at 12:42pm
| I saw chrome rattle can paint at Walmart. Had a nice shine lid to show how nice your bumper would look when you’re done. And and and it doesn’t cost much. |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2019 at 1:55pm
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How much towing will the paint stand up to? Doohhh I'm outa here
------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2019 at 3:02pm
Rear bumper Chask rear bumper.😂 |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2019 at 3:44pm
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Are you sayin I'm Bass Akwards.
I'm thinking Tow Truck. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2019 at 4:04pm
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Years ago a fellow in Spooner had a garage and had fixed up his tow truck with a souped up Pontiac engine in it and he could leave the punk kids in town at the stop light with a car hooked on behind... DJ, Shameless sure ain't much of a friend to you is he... shucks, ye woulda thought when he left town that he would have had ol' Joe a 55 bumper... ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2019 at 3:04am
| HEY!... I did see a '55 station wagon on our sunday road trip. dunno if it had a bumper or not, it was sitting in tall grass. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2019 at 3:05am
| JC...that bumper was attached to the shiney red car at the the gas pumps. |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2019 at 3:51am
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All right ,,Good Buddy,,spill the location where you spotted thet 55 Station Wagon on your trip to the Soiux City Casino ,,,,so's we can tell ole Les,,,maybe he can pull away from what he's secretly doing in his barn,and go luck me for thet bumper,,,???,,,,
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Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2019 at 10:56am
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"that bumper was attached to the shiney red http://i.viglink.com/?key=d7d7aa5ced1ebc0821effbccab897fa0&insertId=a49db94c8fed9e1b&type=L&exp=-1%3Ana%3A0&libId=jxki8uy8010009ks000DAbtqd4h3f&loc=https%3A%2F%2Fallischalmers.com%2Fforum%2Fsaw-a-55-chevy_topic162333_post1358509.html%231358509&v=1&iid=a49db94c8fed9e1b&opt=true&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uship.com%2Fship%2Fvehicles&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fallischalmers.com%2Fforum%2Fshops-barns-varmints-and-trucks_forum4.html&title=saw%20a%2055%20Chevy...%20-%20AllisChalmers%20Forum&txt=%3Cspan%3Ecar%3C%2Fspan%3E" rel="nofollow - car at the the gas pumps.
" So? "HEY!... I did see a '55 station wagon on our sunday road trip. dunno if it had a bumper or not, it was sitting in tall grass.
" DJ, Juss look at that, Ol' Shameless
coulda had ol' Joe a couple of bumprs ta chose from in the back ah his
ol chebby truck.... But insteads he has nuthin fer ya. 
If'n I had seen thet ol chebby station wagon in the weeds, I woulda
stomped on both braks an slid them wheels ta a stop and drpped it in R
and raced back ta where thet old chebby was, juss ta see if it's bump®
would fit Mz RED . Don'ts know whats we should do with r Shamers... maybe he kicked off one shoe to many...? Maybe he will bring to Hutch an ol' oil can  instead ov a hi-powrd greasemonkey gun... 
------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2019 at 3:00am
| we was driving the old lady's....oooops….I mean the loving wifes new burb, and she won't even takes it on a dirt/gravel road....yet! I call it a pussy burb...until I can break it in right! and where I saw that station wagon, and other old vehicles that appeared to be complete...that tells me that the owner is a good shot! |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2019 at 3:11am
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Well,,I'm betting you prolly gots one of your old Sheriff's Dept uniforms ,,,,,at least one that still fits,,,,, ,,Ya see,,,you wear it when you go "investigate" that 55 in the weeds ,,,tellin them,,They ain't under any suspicion just yet,,,but that old car may be one reported missing from New Mexico,,,,and you just want to get a some serial numbers,,,Chit,,they'll prolly give you a ride to back to where it is at,,,,,,THEN,,,,,,,you can tell em you gonna have to "confiscate" the back bumper cause it may have been in a Hit & Run over to Iowa,,,,and you'll have your men return it after the investigation is done,,,,,,,,in a couple of years,,,,Ya see how easy it is,,,,er,,,,Used To Be,,,, OH,,,and tell the tow trk driver to just get the whole car savin to have to remove the bumper in them tall weeds,,,,
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Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2019 at 6:07am
| Heck Joe. I can build you a rear bumper out of some oil field pipe and some of that rattle can chrome paint. That way if some one rear ends you, it'll wreck them worse than it will you. And if you happen to get er stuck in a snow bank, you could hook a chain right onto it and pull it out backwards without tearing the bumber off. Win win. Darrel |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2019 at 8:11am
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Yep, I think your being frugaled (old school thrifty lessons).
------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2019 at 8:28am
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but I happen to be an appreciator of the beauty of all things 55 Chevy Belair,,includin that dang forsaken, elusive, hard to find,,,,,,, bumper,,,,Oh,,and by the way,,,thanks for the suggestion,,,I'll be sure to file it in my book under,,,,,,,,,,,under,,,,,,,,,let's just say,,I'll maybe take you up on it in 2535,,,,,,,,,
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Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2019 at 8:29am
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Chask,,,,!!!
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Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2019 at 11:12am
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Me thinks bottom line is ol' Shamer's is skeered of some little ol' lead sail'n thru tha air an don'ts wanna gits a little ol hole poked inna his hide... yea, an he prolly was driv'n that pu... mob... ah er burb. Hey DJ, I gots a bumper that maybe useta look like this out back, sitten on a Plymouth Plaza... Think that would work?  An our old Plymouth Belvedere was damnear the same color as this pic. mmmm Maybe more like this one?  what... Hows about one like this????  Or one like this...  or this...   maybe juss call Bob's Bumpers... http://www.bobsclassicchevy.com/1956-chevy-rear-bumper-3-piece-brand-new-except-wagons.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.bobsclassicchevy.com/1956-chevy-rear-bumper-3-piece-brand-new-except-wagons.html ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2019 at 1:58pm
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Best hurry Joe the 56 O'l JC's buddy is hoping to get is much cheaper than the 57 he has. Or did this give you the "big one" as O'l Fred Sanford was getting on the TV show from way back there. You tell yourself this saves the cost painting and polishing an old rusty one. An you know how sharp somebody's stick is he will have a new whole poked in it if finds you one.
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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2019 at 2:04pm
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I think theys tryin ta fire ya up too! ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2019 at 6:58pm
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Hey JC,,,you gots all them fine lookin classics,,,??? UMMmm,,,I'll take the bumper off the Nomad or the two door post,,,OK,,?? You want I should send you my address,,or,,,,maybe some gas money and you can come visit a spell,,,but,,,,but,,,don't you forget thet dang bumper,,,OK,,?? Yeah Ray,,,he WOULD too,,!!he'd prolly hide some of his homemade "exploders" in there somehow set with a timer to go off at a later date,,!! You DO know he worked for the Sheriff's dept for the longest time and he sure did learn all them things them Deputys do on the sly,,,,,
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2019 at 11:46pm
| JC...I made him a bumper (outta a mulberry tree trunk) was really purdy, and I even sanded it down shiney. you'd thunk he'd come gits it? but NOOOOOOOOO! finally cut it up for firewood! |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2019 at 8:16am
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It sounds like it still ended up being a Hot Rod Bumper. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: 200Tom1
Date Posted: 04 Jul 2019 at 10:55pm
| I saw 1 today in a parade in the town where I went to high school. One of my old class mates was driving. Wish I had a couple of taters to stuff up the tail pipes. Guy was always a ----------! |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2019 at 5:00am
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No Chit,,Tom,,,it seems most of the pri*** drove them nice lookin classics ,,,,my AH cousin had a 55 Chevy Convertible when we were in Jr High,,,so,,,,we were left with having to drive them 4 door ones,,,,'course them extra doors sure made it easy to hop in and out the back seat,,,,,,,,
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Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2019 at 9:39pm
| I just saw. 55 210 forsake on market place. I see now why you want that station wagon bumper. Where did they bolt the plate? Trunk? |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:30pm
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Yeah,,Thad the Nomads and the station wagons were the only'ist ones that had that style of bumper. All the others had the license plate mounted on the trunk lid. I never did like that placement so I welded up those holes. there was also a big gold color "V" above the license plate that I got rid of also. Another thing I do not like bout the 55's and 56's is the ends of the rear bumpers stick out past the quarter panels too much. If I go ahead and add the inset section from a 55 thru 60'S Chevy trk rear bumper to mine,,,,I plan to section the whole bumper to bring the bumper ends in close to the quarter panels for bout a 1/2" gap vs the 2" gap they all have from the factory.
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