Tossing around a vintage ARBish bull bar

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lcwizard

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Many times I've been asked to knock off the ARB vintage bull bar that's been discontinued for many years.
I don't like copying someones design without permission so we've used the concept without pure plagiarism.
Here's the start
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Any plans for an 8274 mount? If so I know what I'm doing with my tax return this year! Looks great! Any idea on the piece?
 
Dave, that is the nicest looking 40 Bull Bar I've seen! Got any pics with the bib, bezel & lights mounted, just to get a better overall look?
It looks strong without looking bulky or trying to be extreme looking. I really like the thick verticals, when they're made from thinner plate, even tho they might be strong enough, they look out of proportion to the rest and don't look right, those look great. That's awesome!

After looking at it for a few mins I noticed the way you integrated tow hook s in the bottom of uprights and D ring attachments! Very nice touches!

Allen
 
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This is a beautiful bumper... I swear my bank account can't keep up with all the awesome stuff folks on this forum are bringing back into production lately!
 
In...with a 8274 mount. Been waiting for this. Now I can finally stop my slow catcher's mask search. This isn't as good...it is better.

Now for those 2" lift springs...
 
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Looks great! Any thought to integrate high lift jack slots?
 
There's actually one more tube at the top going on this one. The customer has a 43 or 47, I have trouble telling which is which. He wanted a 20" light bar mounted which is a little wide to fit between the uprights so we have a low 1 1/2" diameter hoop just tall enough to protect the bar.
We have some frame damage to fix before we mount this. The truck is actually white but the drivers frame horn is bent up a fair amount
 
Beautiful work there lcwizard! Just a thought for you to consider- if you made the main bumper straight across instead of angling the ends rearward then we could mount jerry cans behind the bumper. (something I wanted to do with my old school arb bar on my 74 V8 but can't because of the space to the front tire). On my 69 fst with a straight channel bumper I mounted 50 cal ammo cans on the ends of my bumper with your old style man-a-fre bull bar- works great for tools/shackles etc.

HTH,
Will
 
Here is the ARB Catchers Mask. All tubes are round with no flat parts. @lcwizard yours looks great.
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Larry in El Paso
 
Any plans to add the bar below like on the ARB? That's one detail that I always liked. Would add to cost though I'm sure.
 
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