Regular bumper on a 4WD fleetside

Westislander · Nov 11, 2018

does anyone have any pictures of K10 fleetside with a standard bumper as opposed to a step/tow bumper. I see them all the time on stepside and they look great but I don’t think I have ever seen one on a fleetside

WFO · Nov 11, 2018

I don't have a picture, but my buddy bought a new 82 C20 Camper Special. It came with a standard bumper and a receiver hitch. Looked pretty much like a Blazer bumper.

Keith Seymore · Nov 11, 2018

Lowered 2wd, but it should give you the idea

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Hidden hitch:

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Craig 85 · Nov 11, 2018

Here's one from my '87 C30 circa 1992.

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TravisB · Mar 21, 2019

Keith Seymore said:
Lowered 2wd, but it should give you the idea

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Hidden hitch:

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Hey Keith you don't happen to have any pics of how that hitch mounts up or how you get in behind the plate do you? I am doing some office daydreaming about making a hitch for my truck or buying one that does exactly that.

Craig 85 · Mar 21, 2019

TravisB said:
Hey Keith you don't happen to have any pics of how that hitch mounts up or how you get in behind the plate do you? I am doing some office daydreaming about making a hitch for my truck or buying one that does exactly that.

They used to sell these back in the day. Here's a link to another forum. The original post was 11 years ago.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=463666

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TravisB · Mar 21, 2019

Craig 85 said:
They used to sell these back in the day. Here's a link to another forum. The original post was 11 years ago.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=463666

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Perfect! They still sell them and that link will show me how to fit it on my truck! https://www.earlyclassic.com/node/1226

TravisB · Mar 21, 2019

Craig 85 said:
They used to sell these back in the day. Here's a link to another forum. The original post was 11 years ago.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=463666

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Perfect! They still sell them and that link will show me how to fit it on my truck! https://www.earlyclassic.com/node/1226

Keith Seymore · Mar 21, 2019

TravisB said:
Hey Keith you don't happen to have any pics of how that hitch mounts up or how you get in behind the plate do you? I am doing some office daydreaming about making a hitch for my truck or buying one that does exactly that.

I'll have to do some looking.

I had to forfeit my laptop when I retired so I lost all my photos, documents, contacts, etc, that were stored there. Anything that was posted on the internet can be recovered but I have to find it first.

K

idahovette · Mar 21, 2019

How's retirement going K ?

Keith Seymore · Mar 22, 2019

Busy busy busy. The act of getting retired is a full time job.

Plus, all the "hey, since you're home, could you do such and such for me?"

I'm looking forward to when I get to do something I want to do.

Thanks for askin, by the way.

K

Keith Seymore · Mar 22, 2019

TravisB said:
Hey Keith you don't happen to have any pics of how that hitch mounts up or how you get in behind the plate do you? I am doing some office daydreaming about making a hitch for my truck or buying one that does exactly that.

Found a couple -

My platform hitch happens to be homemade, but the key is to get the receiver portion to be positioned directly behind the license plate.

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Then I used a flip up plate mount (this one happens to be for a '74 Chevelle) to allow the ball mount stub to be inserted through a notch in the license plate bracket -

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K

Keith Seymore · Mar 22, 2019

I'm reminded of a story form when I had that set up on the blue truck.

I had to rent a U Haul trailer for something one time. After doing all the paperwork the clerk and I went out to the truck to get it hooked up. He walked around behind it and said "Hey! How you gonna pull a trailer with no hitch?!".

I didn't say a word, but flipped the plate up and stuck the ball mount in the receiver, and then stopped and looked up at him.

"Whelp - Ya got me" he said.

(lol)

TravisB · Mar 22, 2019

Thanks for the pics and explanation. I will have to do something similar because I don't want the hitch to be hanging down there and I don't want to have to use a different truck if I need to tow something.

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