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The rear lights on my 1951 3600 project had been relocated sometime in the distant past possibly when some sort of calamity derangled things and it seemed too much trouble or too expensive to put things right. I have a new set of brackets and the LED lights to replace the old mess and after removing the old clobber & and bending the body panel under the bed approximately straight found the license plate wouldn't fit. The old plate had been remounted in the center under the tail gate. Now the factory setup is restored and the plate hits the curved end of the bumper. This seems very mysterious! GM would not have made it that way surely?

The other day I took the time to look over a Pal's 51 and found that he had a different bumper, more flat with curved ends than mine which is one gentile curve from end to end with no flat portion. A quick look at the other end of my truck showed that it looked much like the front bumper in shape & size and even bolt locations.

Did Chevy just mount a front bumper on the back on some trucks? If some previous owner installed it they did a fine job, it is straight & looks factory. The brackets even have stenciled part numbers.

I have a set of YOM plates if I can find'em that are registered to the truck. I'll have to try them on the bracket to see what sort of adjusting will be needed to make all sweet.