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Need help confirming part number for year
I've got a 1976 Silverado and I'm trying to confirm if this part number for the tailgate is either 100% correct, or atleast will work. If its not does anyone have a line on the exact part number? The GM part number I've got is : 15628608 . I know the part number is for a tailgate, just trying to confirm its year. The picture of it definitely looks similar to mine, minus the chrome trim piece covering the indentation on the tailgate. But I haven't had the trim off mine to verify if it is also has the stamped chevrolet word into is as does the replacement. Thanks for any help.
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IIRC, you can get any tailgate from the 73-87 to work on any other year, as long as you have the matching bolt on hinges for the bed. I put an 83 tailgate on my 73, all I needed was the hinges off the 83 bed. FWIW, try to get the latchplates and support straps from a later year truck, as they lock in and hold the bedsides in, no more tailgate flopping open on rough roads.
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The Silverado fill panel is also different. The mounting bracket for 73-80 vs. 81-87 are a bit deeper. I think the recess cavity of the early tailgates are deeper slightly?
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