Lets talk tailgates...your help needed

[ChaseDale3and8]

Originally Posted by Tri-ProAutomotive

My uderstanding is that it should look like the white one from '73 to mid-'76; after mid-'76 that welded on guide at the top is no longer there and the guide is welded to the latch assembly

I thought the same thing. I owned a 76 and a 77 years ago. I know that they made changes to the tailgates and the bedsides. I was sure that the white one was the 73-76 1/2 because the 77 and up don't have the hole in the bedsides for that upper tailgate guide. ...Joe