Now you have to take into consideration that I was raised in farm country, but the trucks I remember in the early 50's only had one tail light on the drivers side with a license plate holder. (Chevrolet is what we had) I remember that the state passed a law that two lights were required and we just poked whatever we had laying around on the passenger side. We didn't have any turn signals, just used arm signals. In fact I still do that on the 53, the 55 has stock turn signals. The ones I have seen and mine, Have a flat strait plate with a bend at the bottom to fit under the post bottom its mounted on. Its probably 3/8 inch for the bend at about a 45 deg angle half way the length of the plate. Pretty much the same as the sales places have. The drivers side of mine is mounted at the same place other side, but has a vertical post with the license plate holder and light being raised higher than the right side to clear the bumper (Mostly). Some of the "Original drivers" I have seen so far at the local shows have the strait plate on the right side for 52 and 53. I was also looking into it for my 53 because it came to me with trailer lights mounted at chain height. But in the box of spare parts was the "maybe" original drivers side. And also a strait plate for the drivers side, so I just flipped it over and installed it on the passenger side. Nobody has ever noticed and now I'm telling on myself. No one comes to look at the back end of a truck at a get together anyways.
Last edited by LeeP; 12/28/2017 4:38 PM.
