Thread: 53 Is back from the Body Shop

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Door panels and headliner huh.......I can relate to that it's how I've been spending my last few days.

That's looking good. You did a lot of work smoothing the tailgate that a lot of people would have just let go.

What are you going to do for tail gate latches on it?


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Originally Posted by Mike P

Door panels and headliner huh.......I can relate to that it's how I've been spending my last few days.

That's looking good. You did a lot of work smoothing the tailgate that a lot of people would have just let go.

What are you going to do for tail gate latches on it?


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Thanks for the compliments guys, I kinda wanted to just paint it but the Mrs said I would regret it so I cleaned em up a bit.

As for the latches, I was going to put in the stealth latches but they won't work unless the pull knobs are on the top because of how thick the top tube of the gate is. The pin hole would also be right on the curve of a stake pocket , so I am going to use a stainless bolt and and wingnut and bolt it shut. I think that may be an extra good thing because otherwise there would also be no box side support in the back by the gate. The closest path to a hard surface road from me is 1 1/2 miles and the gravel road can get kinda rough at times.