My 1955 ford was hit in the rear on the left side so we straightened the crease in the left fender, welded in a good rear pannel that goes under the trunk lid and we preceeded to put a good trunk lid on. The lid was 2 long for the car so we straighten the old lid and put it on. That fits better. Then when I tried to bold the rear bumper on the bumper hits the pannel that we put on. The pannel has a point in the center where the liscense plate light goes and that is where the bumper hits. I bought another bumper for a 1955 ford and that does not fit. My question is what is wrong the pannel or the wrong bumper. Sory for the long post

On a 1955 ford the pannel that goes under the trunk is it supposed to stick out a point in the middle or is the bumper supposed to v out in the middle. Also on the trunk lid when I had the good on the car it seemed that the part of the lid that curves down sticks out past the fender line when you close the lid. Maybe I got the wrong year lid for the ccar?