Working on restoring a 1957 Ford 300 and am needing front and rear bumpers and brackets. Does anyone have any ideas on where I could locate these? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have a rear bumper. It needs straightened and re-chromed. I may be able to get access to the brackets for it. Where are you located?
I'm in Charleston WV
Where are you located?
Johnny...most of the time (not always) if you look in the left column...you will see that info. He is in Boise Idaho. :006:
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do you want bumpers you can rechrome or ones that need nothing? Im in wv call me three 04 two03o
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Would like a set I didn't have to do anything to but at this point would like to find a set. Do you have any?
Check with the big swap meets. With any luck the chrome shops will have what you need there..already done. BTW, the Pate swap meet is coming up later this month, that's where I got mine, but it's in Fort Worth, so Looooong drive for you.
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2023-04-03 09:05Check with the big swap meets. With any luck the chrome shops will have what you need there..already done. BTW, the Pate swap meet is coming up later this month, that's where I got mine, but it's in Fort Worth, so Looooong drive for you.
Had I realized the Portland (OR) swap meet was this past weekend, I may have gone just to look for bumpers. The potential savings could have paid for the trip. Ogden Chrome quoted me $855 for the rear and $945 for the front. I fully expect the final cost to get them back to be about $2600 and will be 3-4 months.
If you do go to the swap meets, stay away from bumper boyz. Cheap garbage.
saw a set on a ranchero at the wrecking yard and got lazy, I may go this weekend, will check again. It was clean with brackets too. I pulled the corner bumper supports only.
if you look down the list to, need a project to work on, it shows a set front & back, but needs rechroming. the post is 4 or 5 posting below yours
Thanks but the bumpers in the need a project were for the Ford 500, these are not the same as the 1957 Ford Custom 300 bumpers.
The bumpers from a 1957 Ranchero are the same as the 1957 Ford Custom 300 Bumpers.
Thanks for all the feedback I inherited the car from my Dad and he had the bumpers and they had been rechromed but they were not on the car and got stolen before he got them back on the car.
Just so you know the rear bumper for the Ranchero and wagon are different from a sedan, the bumper guard holes are closer together for the Wgn./ Ranchero guards with the license plate lights.
Thanks I remember that now just needing the bumpers and looking at all options.
Quote from: JohnnyT on 2023-04-02 14:22Working on restoring a 1957 Ford 300 and am needing front and rear bumpers and brackets. Does anyone have any ideas on where I could locate these? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
If you are still looking, I have at least one or possibly two front bumpers for a '57 Custom. No rear bumpers for a Custom. I also have the bumper guards and the brackets, for the front bumper. What I have are cores. They will need to be re-chromed.
I live in Louisville KY. I can send photos. Call if interested.
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Quote from: terry_208 on 2023-04-03 11:18Had I realized the Portland (OR) swap meet was this past weekend, I may have gone just to look for bumpers. The potential savings could have paid for the trip. Ogden Chrome quoted me $855 for the rear and $945 for the front. I fully expect the final cost to get them back to be about $2600 and will be 3-4 months.
The written estimate came in at $2746.63 and can go up from that. This does include the paint dividers.
Are there any swap meets going on? If so where and when?
Pate swap meet at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. swap meet starts 4/27. I calculated one time that if you walked each side of each row, there were about 16 miles! Not sure how accurate that is, but it's big. Hell, I can't hardly walk to the gate from the outer parking lot anymore.
Rich, I believe your math is spot on.Been there many times and the last time my buddy had an app that tracked the number of steps he took. We bailed at 7 miles and there was a lot that we did not see.Not sure if I'll make it this year.
John
terry208, the Monroe swap meet is May 21st and 22nd in Monroe Washington it's pretty big and I'm sure there will be some of the bumper replating guys there. A couple of them said they go to the Goodguys in Puyallup Wa. in July.
Does anyone know of any swap meets east of the Mississippi?
do you need any other parts?
Quote from: 57chero on 2023-04-05 10:36terry208, the Monroe swap meet is May 21st and 22nd in Monroe Washington it's pretty big and I'm sure there will be some of the bumper replating guys there. A couple of them said they go to the Goodguys in Puyallup Wa. in July.
Thanks. Earlier today, I told Ogden Chrome to go forward with the process. I don't expect to get them back until late June or perhaps July. Now to find someone to straighten and polish my stainless.