[sack54]

Originally Posted by sack54

Those bars are called Kudu bars ,they were installed to fix front end hop.For better steering. They work but also crack the metal on fire wall,by top mount. I have 1956 GMC 1/2 ton Napco 4x4 . Some builders remove them,others reinstall. This was GM's fix for the hop. A lot of 1/2 tons had them .Maybe the ones without never returned for the recall .These were used on 1956 and 57 only I have tech sheet if you want copy Email me ,two pages

tech sheet

Originally Posted by Phungki

Ah thank you. It is a 1/2 ton. It did crack the firewall so I’ll be welding and grinding that down I suppose. I would reinstall them if I thought I would have room after the engine swap but I’m doubtful. I had wondered if it was an aftermarket thing for service vehicles. The truck bed has a number on both sides but I don’t know much about it’s prev life. Neither did the previous owner
Thank you for that info. I knew someone on here would know
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