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El Camino Rear Bumper Brackets

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Post by g3chevy / Mr Pontiac Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:26 am

Does anyone know what years el caminos had the reinforcement bracket that goes the length of the bumper? Here are some pics of some bumpers I have with and without the extra inside bracket.El Camino Rear Bumper Brackets Rear_b10El Camino Rear Bumper Brackets Rear_b11
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Post by dynchel Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:50 am

I'll take a guess that the one with a lot less reinforcement is probably from '73 (since that new bumper standards for the rear didn't take effect till the '74 model year). But like I said this is only a guess.drunken
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Post by 1973 454 MONTE Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:40 pm

my guess is they are both 73's (no bumper shocks) and one is for a elky and the other is for a station wagon.scratch 
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Post by dragons_lair59 Sun Sep 08, 2013 1:42 pm

I would say Chris is right both 73 and ones wagon and ones El Camino since there are no shocks
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Post by g3chevy / Mr Pontiac Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:28 pm

I would tend to agree with that line of thinking about the year 1973. The only problem is the one without the inside reinforcement bracket is from a 1975 el camino and the one with the reinforcement is from a 77. I'm lost on this one.
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Post by pila Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:49 pm

My parts catalog doesn't show the reinforcement bar across the inside of the rear bumper on the El Camino & Sprint, just the end brackets, which is how my '75 is made.

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Post by g3chevy / Mr Pontiac Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:20 am

The 75 I'm working on right now does not have the reinforcement brace either. I'm thinking it might be dependent on whether it has a rubber bumper guard on the outside??? The GM chassis manual I have for 1975 shows to have the brace so I'm at a loss.
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