[Ironhorse]

When I did the restore on my '71 4x4 I looked around long and hard for a decent useable OEM lettered tailgate. Everything I found looked like you could eat soup from it, dished and bent really bad or you could strain your spaghetti thru the rust holes. Finally bought a re-pop from GMCPaul, non lettered and have been VERY satisfied. My body guy said he couldn't tell it from original other than the lettering not being on the gate. Has held up well over the years, standing on it, sitting on it and normal use. I don't haul engines and transmissions loose in the bed since most of the tailgates I found seemed that was their use at that time. Not sure where or who GMCPaul purchased their gates from at the time but I would contact them about a gate. GMCPaul generally has a great rep here for parts and customer service. Wish I had thought to look at the box it came in a bit closer. Not sure I still have the invoice or if it has a description but will look and post if I find it. At the time they had both lettered and non-lettered gates in stock. Kinda liking the blank look my self.