It's getting there and looking good,.......believe me I fully understand the "....kinda sick of it for right now....." feeling.

I did a 76 Dodge 1/2 ton 8 or 9 years ago. Eliminating the chains and doing latches took a bit of standing around figuring to get it where I was happy with it

I actually ended up building my own bolts (held them on with carriage bolts with the heads on the outside of the tailgate) which turned out to be simpler than I thought. Anyway this is what I came up with form mine by the time I got done.

Shop Truck (True Spirit) Project

My tailgate had a piece that wrapped around the bed that I retained when I cut the chain loops off so I didn't have to worry about the bed sides spreading and the gate flopping open.

I can see where the bolt and wing nut idea is a nice simple solution. Carriage head bolts thru the tail gate would give you the studs for the wingnuts and a small piece of angle iron attached to the bed side with a hole in it for the studs to go thru would be really easy to do..........might just steal that idea for my 37 Dodge when I get tired of hearing the chains bang around in the back



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