I have a brumby and was wondering if the two metal pieces bolted above and below the rear windscreen running vertical are strucural or as i supect to stop your load going thru the glass?

Neither, its to support the head rests that accompany your jump seats.

 

If the seats were removed, you can remove those metal jobbies.

 

-Brian

Incorrect Brian, sorry.

 

 

The bars are there for blocking purposes when the seats are not in the truck. That is why when they quit putting them in the backs in 1986 here in the states the bars remained. Their position even changed slightly inboard I believe.

Cheers for the quick reply but there are no holes in them and i dont think jumpseats are available in australia. Yeh i am gunna leave em off.

I guess you learn something new every day!

 

I was unaware they were continued after the discontinuation of the rear seats... I would have agreed with Brian...

 

Makes sense though. And if there are no "square holes" fpr the head rests, then they only had one purpose which would have been protection.

 

Hmmm.

Cheers for the quick reply but there are no holes in them and i dont think jumpseats are available in australia. Yeh i am gunna leave em off.

 

Ken had it right. to block cargo from coming through the rear window....

 

in the US, in 86/87 when we didn't get the jump seats anymore, they put short bars there for that purpose, and in fact did move the mounts spots inward, and closer to the window edge....