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Jan 2, 2000 | 09:57 PM

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mocky

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sorry oleblue70 having trouble getting on gen. disc

Jan 12, 2000 | 03:31 PM

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greg webster

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try calling this place i bought a complete short box from them for my '75, if it was the same color i could of bolted it on and ran with it, zero rust and bondo. they get rust free truck parts from the south:

MARK'S PARTS
austin, mn 55912
507-433-8570

Jan 14, 2000 | 08:38 AM

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larry_1

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mock i have a nice straight tailgate with all hardware on it but it has a little rustdown on the right hand side otherwise good want $150.00 shipping thanks larry

Jan 15, 2000 | 12:36 AM

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mocky

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thanks larry, but im in the process of trying a couple different options, #1 im trying to repair the orig. gate (if i can save the orig. great).
#2 im also experamenting w/a custom gate of wood,kind of looks like a fence gate, and will swing out.and finally #3 i got a hold of 2,70,bronco gates, and am trying to figure out a way to possibly make one work . early bronco gates are not wide enough, but, may splice the two together,dont know yet...read somewhere that it might be worth trying cause its different,its lines match pretty well, just not enough width,..thanks again if my plans dont work out i'll let everyone know on this mes. board, later and keep on truckin, mocky

Jan 15, 2000 | 04:26 AM

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jowilker

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Mocky, those things are made up of panels and welded together. Go with #1 and if you are successful, You could build em full time. All you would need to do is about 4 a day and you could make a thousand dollars a day.

John

66 F100s
In the still cool hours of the night, you can hear chevys rusting away.

Feb 28, 2000 | 05:23 AM

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omnipotant1

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Go to the library and look at a california, nevada or arizona phone book and call a couple of junk yards. You'll find what you need for about $50 bucks plus shipping. All related hardware and no rust! Everyone else do the same.

Feb 28, 2000 | 07:44 PM

#22

mailman

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check your local bodyshop. i just bought a brand new repro for my 71 long wide bed for $168.00. i think their supplier was in ohio.i saw the same price in a different supplier's book also.

Mar 26, 2002 | 12:27 AM

#23

DFB2004

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Hey, I'm doing the body work on my 71 style side and I noticed the tailgate is really sloppy at the pivot points, I was wondering if the trucks came stock with nylon bushings in the pivot cups or something like that. Has anyone ever removed and installed the aluminum emblem on the tailgate, I'm curious as to what problems I'm going to run into trying to put it back on.