Photo Request: Bracing & Framing for Front and Rear Bumpers & Front Hitches on Gen1s

We have a great resource for the external views of professionally built gen 1 bumpers:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/1st-gen-offroad-bumper-options-gallery-w-pics.292292/
And a plethora of threads about plate bumpers beyond that. I found several front hitch installs (like this one) and reinforcements but mostly on the gen2 threads. Largely, few threads show good photos of how folks and companies have attached to the frame.

If people have time to snap photos of how their professionally built or DIY hitches and bumpers tie into the trucks framing I would greatly appreciate it.

 

I would ask over on Pirate, their crowd is a lot more fab friendly!

 

Can do. Good Point. Thanks Wulf.

(But i am looking for photos of ANY. Store bought, fabed or DIY.)

 

I will take some pictures .

I have a Smitty Built Tube bumper for a First Generation Toyota Pick up on my 2000

I also have a Front receiver for a winch mount

 

Thread resulting in pictures:

 

I look forward to them, Thanks.

 

I was so busy today fixing the Hot Air Furnace I got out of the shower and remembered

About the pictures of the Bumper I hope I can remember after work on Monday!!

 

Now since this bumper is for a first generation Toyota (1983) nothing really was made to fit a Tacoma.

As it turned out I was changing the radiator to get to the lower bolts the bumper cover must be removed on pulling this off I discovered all that was there was the plastic cover.

I had the Smitty Built bumper sitting in the shop.

First thing I did was run a piece of 3/8" flat across where the hooks bolt to the bottom of the frame then bent brackets to tie into those 4 bolts holes drilled and tapped for M12 x1.25 bolts

 

Then I made piece that went between the frame rails allowing another 2 bolts

 

Here is a picture from the front I took sheet metal from a Lincoln DC 600 to make platforms to sit the marker light/turn signals on.

Itis also tied into the front body mount bolts

I wanted to make a piece of expanded metal to go below the bottom of the grill I just never got to doing it to many other more important projects.

I really suck at taking pictures because I never take that many

 

The first page of my build has a bunch of pictures of my front bumper build. (Link in signature) Scroll down and you can see some close ups.

 

Thanks Wyoming09.Great help. thanks!!!

photos under a truck never turn out good, that is the norm. but those are informative.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-lumpskie-build-96-5-speed.278223/#post-6902472

Got it, great photos, thanks.

Great build page


EDIT: these are great views thanks

 

Photos stolen from gray223
here: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/1st-gen-bumper-design.404175/page-2#post-11329188