History Can you identify this 50's custom car bumper?

Can you identify this 50's custom car bumper? It's on an early 50's Buick super or roadmaster, but what is it originally from? It resembles 55 Pontiac, but those bumpers bulged out under the taillights.

 

Looks like a custom made bumper to me. I can't recall any straight split bumpers from
Detroit.

...................Jack

 

Check 55 Pontiacs for the actual bumper but I think the piece over the middle is off something else.

Looking at photos of 55 Pontiacs it looks like they used the front bumper with the center piece off the back bumper. Google 55 Pontiac and you can figure out how they did it.

 

Late 50's early 60's Rambler have split bumpers as did Jeep wagons.
Looks like center may be from Kaiser

 

Also 59 Chrysler front and rear,remove all the add ons and you have neat split bumpers

 

1955 Pontiac front bumper with a 1955 Pontiac rear bumper over rider. Here's the over rider.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveseven/7801956892/lightbox/
Here's the front bumper.
http://www.misterw.com/Pontiac/55Pontiac05.html

 

send a pm to chopper99, it's his car. (was his, sold but he built it.)

 

The entire center section including the over rider is 55 Pontiac rear, with ends from a 52 Buick Special welded on to conform to the shape of the rear of the body. Surprisingly the contours were the same.

 

Now that is just messing with our minds One great looking bumper though.

 

Wow, very custom! No wonder I couldn't find it anywhere!


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complete 55 pontiac rear bumper

 

I agree with it being Rambler, I love that car! one of the best buicks ever built

 

Please see post #8 by the guy who built the car as well as the bumper