Tossing around a vintage ARBish bull bar

[lcwizard]

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

 

[TCSTARK]

Very cool. I will definitely add this to my BJ42. Keep us posted.

 

[Irish11]

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?

 

[FJ43 1980]

Looks great. I'd be in for one for my 43.

 

[lcwizard]

It will be available with both 8274 and planetary mounts

 

[abosely]

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

 

[SouthBostonFJ40]

I like it Dave. Does it block the turn signals.

 

[RWBeringer4x4]

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!

 

[SKULLYOTA]

way cool!

 

[hobbes]

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...

 

[skidplate]

Looks great! Any thought to integrate high lift jack slots?

 

[bugsnbikes]

If you can make it fold up like a taco and multiply damage.......then you might get in trouble with ARB as they have patents on that.

 

[lcwizard]

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

 

[SouthBostonFJ40]

Would the bar you're adding protect the hood in a roll over?

 

[tlc762]

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

 

[roma042987]

I like it a lot! Any eta on when you'll have some available?

 

[WB8LBZ]

Here is the ARB Catchers Mask. All tubes are round with no flat parts. @lcwizard yours looks great.

Larry in El Paso

 

[lcwizard]

@SouthBostonFJ40 I would think so . I saw two roll overs with the Aussie Brush guard we built that had minimized damage to the hood and saved the radiator so the driver was able to drive home

 

[lcwizard]

As for price we are looking at an 795.00 retail or 675.75 to MUD members but we may be able to drop that if the sales are good enough to
negotiate parts costs

 

[SouthBostonFJ40]

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.