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CAN'T FIX NOTHIN
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: SOUTHRUST VIRGINIA !!!
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well it's time to finish my bed and I have the new rerpo tailgate I bought and paid good money for last fall and I still am just gonna have to weld 3 or 4 old one's together before I will have a tailgate for my truck ,
I installed this new one last night and fooled with for 3 hour's and I just am gonna say that it is a lost cause , and as far as fixing it you can't as not one piece of it can be used , they ain't no way to align it , it's thin as paper , I am just gonna take it back off and start cutting old one's apart I have three old one's none of which are any good as is , it's ashamed too because I have worked hard on this and the $400 buck's I paid for this piece of scrap was supposed to help me finish this truck without 2 week's worth of welding and fabricating on old tailgates , rant #2 the front fender patch on the front tip , I went to install it $50 buck's I paid for it and it was a full inche to short !! I had to cut it in half and widen it out before I could install it , well I'm done
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1967 C10 Shortbed Fleetside Small back glass 6 cyl 3spd on the tree 3.08 gears underdash AC |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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Re: time for a rant ! repro tailgate again !
Sorry to hear about your troubles. I was thinking about getting a repro tailgate but with all the horror stories I'm thinking I'll keep looking for used. Where did you end up buying it from?
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The Older Generation
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Location: Montezuma, Iowa
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Re: time for a rant ! repro tailgate again !
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The sad part is... It isn't any harder to make it right than it is to make it wrong... ![]() LockDoc
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Hagerstown Maryland
Posts: 55
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Re: time for a rant ! repro tailgate again !
1st.. love the truck..2nd..sorry to hear your woes...But look at the bright side..when you're done you'll only be half way there..a truck is an ongoing project even after it's finished!
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