Aftermarket Tailgate (crappy fit)

[Richard Dobson]

I had the exact opposite happen to my 71 fleetside. I bought a lettered tailgate with about the same fit-up. It returned it to the vendor and got a plain one, I was slightly warped so it mounted it to the bed with only one hinge. I stood on the un-hinged side and and got the tailgate straight with applying my weight by slightly jumping up and down. It fits fine now. I it very strange that I had the same fit-up problem almost exactly, but the non-lettered gate is OK. Splane that.