Tailgate changes
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Tailgate changes
To bad Ford didn't see fit to use the '68 station wagon dual action (also opened like the Bronco does) tailgate on Broncos....would have made things so much nicer.
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From: shamokin pa
lol yeah i imagine alot of bronco owners would love to have these, i know id be getting one
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You know, that would really work well for working on the inside of the door. I wonder how hard it would be to find an old wagon that someone is parting out and snag those hinges and stuff then mount them on the door. Of course i would be in over my head so i'll let someone else experiment 
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I don't have the equipment to really fab anything so i would have to wait a while. But i wouldn't mind seeing it and helping if i could.
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yeah i dont have a welder so im boned, but i really think they would be very convenient instead of putting it down and trying to climb over top it to get it or load somethink
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Ya, the only thing that really stumps me is the hinges and the striker setup. That would really be my concerns. That and the weight of the tailgate, i don't know the weight of a 68 tailgate so it might be too heavy
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I am always afraid of the cables breaking and it swinging down or mt dropping something on the very edge of the glass. Being that my window motor is finicky i don't usually roll my window down all the way cause i'm worried about it not coming back up. There is usually enough to get a slight grip on and being that all the electricals back there are messed up i have no safety switch so i can roll it up and down where it is.
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The '68 tailgates were real heavy as they included an electric window also. My dad had one new and I can remember the salesman demoing the rear gate and dad asked if it could be opened both ways at once....salesman says no...grabbed both handles and promptly placed the tailgate on the ground..... Dad says guess you have to be pretty stupid to use both handles....and bought a different wagon.
Getting the mechanism would be the easy part. Getting the geometry of the action would be the problem. Don't remember any cables when dropped normal....huh....old age setting in......
Cannot see why Ford did not build this into every vehicle with a tailgate......it was used in the wagons for many years.
Getting the mechanism would be the easy part. Getting the geometry of the action would be the problem. Don't remember any cables when dropped normal....huh....old age setting in......
Cannot see why Ford did not build this into every vehicle with a tailgate......it was used in the wagons for many years.
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It seems like a very useful setup, i wonder if it had any window leaks or flaws causing them to discontinue it. I would definitely appreciate not having to drop the gate to put something in the back. But beggers can't be choosers i spose
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From: shamokin pa
agreed
It would be much easier putting stuff in the back or if you climb into the back for something you wouldnt have to step on the tailgate and worry about breaking the glass if u step in the wrong spot!
It would be much easier putting stuff in the back or if you climb into the back for something you wouldnt have to step on the tailgate and worry about breaking the glass if u step in the wrong spot!