I made a rear bumper for my old '80 ex-Westy farm truck, out of a
treated 4"x4" post.  I attached a rubber bumper strip along its entire
length and even used the black plastic end caps.  It looked pretty
cool and was hell for stout.
http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Misc/Grunt%20truck.jpg

On 8/21/05, gary goldey <clonestar7@yahoo.com> wrote:
> For the last few monthas I have been drooling over the idea of welding up some big ol' tubular steel bumpers for "SQUEAKY" my 1984 'big brother' version Vanagon.----If you have any alternate ideas, plan sets or alternative retail outfits that wont cost me an arm and a leg-  ( I have even pondered the idea of using wood)--please let me know.
> 
> I see alot of the trucks here in Texas have front bumper and grill deer guards - ---even if you wanna send me a foto of a baddass looking grille I would appreciate it---send to clonestar7@yahoo.com
> thx

Casey
Biodiesel:
'87 300TD intercooler (208k)
'84 300D (204k)
Gashuffer:
'89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (185K)