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Daves55Sedan · 10-03-2018, 11:23 PM

The '55 and '56 Customline/Mainline series rear bumpers are the exact same identical part. All they did was change the part # from B5A to B6A.
All '56 Fairlanes that had a V8 were 292's with a different decal on the valve covers that says "Thunderbird Special V8". '56 Customlines and Mainlines with a 272 used the '55 valve cover decal that read "FORD V8".
'56 Customlines, Mainlines and wagons having a 223 or 272 all had the plain bumper that was standard on a '55's.

10-03-2018, 11:23 PM	#21
Daves55Sedan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Granite City, Illinois Posts: 3,008	Re: A bumper question for 56's The '55 and '56 Customline/Mainline series rear bumpers are the exact same identical part. All they did was change the part # from B5A to B6A. All '56 Fairlanes that had a V8 were 292's with a different decal on the valve covers that says "Thunderbird Special V8". '56 Customlines and Mainlines with a 272 used the '55 valve cover decal that read "FORD V8". '56 Customlines, Mainlines and wagons having a 223 or 272 all had the plain bumper that was standard on a '55's.