Help with Grille Support panel on my 66

[Mikes66ChevyC10]

I'm mocking up the front end of my 66 and the bottom of the grille support panel and the front of the fenders don't line up at all on both the pass and drivers side. I have them pretty close on top but there's no way to make of that much of a difference to fix the bottom.

My thought is I could bend the bottom of the grille support down enough to match the fender but I'm afraid it will look bad and I also don't want to ruin a good original panel. Any thoughts on this? Here are some pictures of what I'm talking about.