Pickup bumper question

[coupe1942]

I have been stopped before and cited by the Highway Patrol in Texas for not having my rear license plate visible on another more modern car. My Model A closed cab 82-B has the rear plate hidden by the rear bumper. I was looking at it earlier today, but probably not close enough. Can the bumper simply be turned about to hang to the inside at the frame instead of to the outside where it covers the plate? I don't want to have to cut anything or make any welds, but I didn't necessarily want to completely remove the rear bumpers either, although I have seen several pickups without them.

Just looking at it no more than I have done, it looks as if there is just two bolts to remove. I am assuming that the mount itself is original. I have spoken to some folk here locally who claim to never have had a problem, but I just don't want there to be any so I am looking at my options.

Am I correct that the bumper can be easily swapped over in the opposite direction or not? I know that would do nothing for rear fender protection, but I see other pickups with no bumpers at all, so I suppose these offer little real protection to begin with.

Not sure if I will do this or not to begin with, but just checking out my options for improvement of the visibility of that rear license plate.

Thanks for any suggestions.