Help fitting Statesman rear bumper onto ute.

[Torrie 72]

G'day, I'm rebuilding my WB ute and am finally around to fitting the WB statesman rear bumper I bought for her. Looks more complicated than I first thought...anyone got any hints / ideas / tricks? Thanks, Ben

[davad73]

I put mine on a long time ago. I do remember it being a bit of a bugger of a job. Had to muck around with the mounts to make it work. If you have a welder and some spare time it will work out no worries. When the bumper is on, it does look a little to wide for the ute body. Ideally a little cut and shut of the bumper would make it look better.

[Torrie 72]

Cheers mate. I reckon I can cut and shut the old brackets and weld them to the little bumperette brackets with a bit of a tweak. Stato bar does look damn huge held up to the back of the ute! Wouldn't mind catching up to swap stories / ideas once it's back on the road (soon I hope). Ta, Ben.

[davad73]

Hi Ben, that's right, just shut and cut the old brackets to make it work. When's the ute planned to be on the road? Also what part of the Adelaide Hills you located?

[Torrie 72]

I'm out the back of Nairne a bit. Hope to have the ute on the road soon - complete but never finished! Pulled it off the road 4 years ago to fix the rust...strewth. I want to swap the diff gears for something taller as the plan was to use it as a daily driver except that now means 140 kays a day incl. dirt roads. Hopefully find the time and $ to finish it soon as I'm dead keen to drive it again! I'll have a crack at the brackets this w.end. Let you know how it goes. Ben

[davad73]

Im over Echunga way so not far at all. Good luck with the rest of the build.