ok.
here's a link to the pictures:
http://homepage.mac.com/humiliated/PhotoAlbum2.html

1. is how it looks while parked, so that I don't get a ticket on the streets of NYC.
2. is how it looks while driving.
3. is the left rear support. Depite the rust, very solidly bolted to the car.
4. is the right rear support. Also solid.
5. is the end of the bumper that was attached to the left rear support.
6. is the end of the bumper that was attached to the right rear support.

From what you're saying, I seem to have a slip-on type bumper and the tabs have rusted completely away. Does that seem right?
Thanks.
Floydo