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After spending some time googling bumpers trying to identify the car these bumpers belong to, I thought I'd ask the experts here.  While they look close to the same the bumper guards are spaced different on the two.  Any ideas?

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Front and rear for a Jo-Han '63 Chrysler.  The 1:1 car may have used the same stamping for front and rear, with the guards spaced differently.  The rear bumper has them further apart.

Some Studebaker Larks have the same bumper front and rear, as do a number of AMC cars.

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As Mark above noted, it is for sure a bumper for a JoHan '63 Chrysler 300. And a way to tell it's not Studebaker are lights in the bumper. Studebaker's at the time would not have any lights built in their bumpers. And looking in Tad Burness' American Car Spotters Bible, 1940-1980, it is for sure not Rambler either. 

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I wasn't saying those bumpers were anything but '63 Chrysler.  They have "1963" plates, Jo-Han never did a '63 Studebaker in any form.  

A number of 1:1 cars did use the same bumpers at both ends.  Several AMC cars, the '63 Chrysler ('64 has a different front bumper), and some Studebaker Larks.

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