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A hanger and bracket apparatus for mounting to a frame of a vehicle and for attachment of a mud flap. The hanger and bracket apparatus comprises a plate member, a bracket member, and a hanger member. The plate member has a pair of slotted channels and a pair of apertures located between the slotted channels. A pair of bolt members are respectively inserted through the pair of apertures on the plate member and threadedly engaged with a pair of nut members for securing the plate member to the frame of the vehicle. The bracket member has two protruding edges for inserting into and permanently affixed to the slotted channels of the plate member respectively and secured to the plate member by welding or soldering material. The bracket member also has a top wall and a bottom wall each having a pair of apertures. The hanger member has a top wall with a pair of apertures and two opposite sidewalls. A pair of screw nuts are permanently affixed to the interior surface of the top wall of the hanger member and correspond with the pair of apertures on the top wall of the hanger member. The hanger member is inserted into the bracket member such that the pair of apertures on the hanger member correspond with the two pairs of apertures on the bracket member. A pair of bolt members are respectively inserted through the pair of apertures on the top wall of the bracket member and pair of apertures on the top wall of the hanger member and threadedly engaged to the pair of screw nuts affixed on the top wall of the hanger member, and the pair of bolt members are further inserted through the pair of apertures on the bottom wall of the bracket member and threadedly engaged with another pair of nut members.

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