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15 hours ago, Lin19687 said:

Not sure what they call them but it is like what the Tractor Trailers have so if they hit a car it doesn't go under it ??

 

It is referred to as a "Mansfield Bar" after actress Jayne Mansfield was decapitated when a car she was riding in struck a tractor trailer and the car went under the rig. Also known as an "underride guard" or a "D.O.T. Bar"

 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/28155/how-jayne-mansfield-changed-design-tractor-trailers

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8 hours ago, twintornados said:

 

It is referred to as a "Mansfield Bar" after actress Jayne Mansfield was decapitated when a car she was riding in struck a tractor trailer and the car went under the rig. Also known as an "underride guard" or a "D.O.T. Bar"

 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/28155/how-jayne-mansfield-changed-design-tractor-trailers

Ahhhh, thanks, I was on my phone so I didn't look it up.

That must be what it is then ?

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10 hours ago, twintornados said:

 

It is referred to as a "Mansfield Bar" after actress Jayne Mansfield was decapitated when a car she was riding in struck a tractor trailer and the car went under the rig. Also known as an "underride guard" or a "D.O.T. Bar"

 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/28155/how-jayne-mansfield-changed-design-tractor-trailers

I didn't know the Mansfield name. Interesting trivia! Everything I've ever seen calls it a "blocker beam", but the purpose is the same- keeps the truck from running over the top of ramp shaped cars. It is 100% factory and you can only see it because the air dam under the bumper is gone. '99 to '07 trucks have them. I think they stopped in 2008 when they redesigned the frame and bolted two big horns "front to front compatibility brackets" to serve the same purpose... 

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21 hours ago, YT90SC said:

 

I didn't know the Mansfield name. Interesting trivia! ....

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Trivia that still echoes to today...actress Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order SVU fame (Olivia Benson) was in the back seat as a 3 year old child...she is Jayne Mansfields' daughter with Mr. Universe, Mickey Hargitay.

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