67-72 tailgate a fit?

PatriotCPO · Post by **PatriotCPO** » October 12, 2006, 2:22 pm

Will a 67-72 tailgate fit my 64 without too much drama?

Mark

PatriotCPO · Post by **PatriotCPO** » October 12, 2006, 2:23 pm

forgot to mention.....styleside LB.

Mark

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » October 12, 2006, 2:53 pm

Yep.
looks like this
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Hawkrod · Post by **Hawkrod** » October 12, 2006, 4:03 pm

The 67-72 tailgate is basically the same as the 64-66 but has one extra crease on the raised body line near the top. Otherwise they are the same and interchange directly. Unless somebody has shown you the difference you probably won't be able to tell them apart. Note that it has also been pointed out that there is two versions of the 64-66 tail gate too but I can't eloborate on that beyond one seems to have exposed hardware and the other is hidden (I have not been shown!LOL). Hawkrod

PatriotCPO · Post by **PatriotCPO** » October 12, 2006, 4:56 pm

Thanks for the info......A buddy of mine just gave me a NOS tailgate he bought years ago for his '70, but he got rid of the truck before he had a chance to install it. In a fit of shed cleaning, he unearthed the still-in-primer-brand-new part, and remembered seeing the condition of my current tailgate.

I know it's not the correct part, but free and new are two of my favorite things!!!!

mark

Hawkrod · Post by **Hawkrod** » October 12, 2006, 5:01 pm

You may actually want to hold off there! That NOS tail gate may actually be worth a lot more than a brand new reproduction from Carpenter. the reality is NOS parts have been selling for such absurd numbers I would not even consider using one. JMO, Hawkrod

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » October 12, 2006, 5:21 pm

Hawkrod speaks the truth there, on the right day with the right buyer you could probably get 1 1/2 to 2 times the price of a NEW repro tailgate from Dennis Carpenter, for the NOS one.

However your friend who GAVE it to you might be choked at you selling his tailgate for 700 dollars and buying a new one for 400+-.

The ones with the correct letter font for a 64-66 are not being repopped. But, you might be able to TRADE the one you got for a good one of the right year.

Just throwing that out there.

JC

PatriotCPO · Post by **PatriotCPO** » October 13, 2006, 3:09 pm

I'll have to take that under advisement!!! Thanks again!

adrianspeeder · Post by **adrianspeeder** » October 14, 2006, 5:51 pm

Fit good!

64 f100 · Post by **64 f100** » October 14, 2006, 6:09 pm

I think the 67 up was the correct replacement gate, and you will have no problems mounting it. Lucky you, we should all have freinds like yours.

Rich

6166 Junkyard Dog · Post by **6166 Junkyard Dog** » October 14, 2006, 8:49 pm

The Dennis Carpenter Gates are OK But there is still plenty of good used gates out there,,, Even though we are a dealer for DC

Sorry was not suppose to say that since I am here for fun

The gates like I said are OK But they are made out of Galvanzied Steel & have to be prepped very good before painting, if not the fisrt time you go to the car wash your paint will be sitting in the drain,,, Always ask the Automotive Paint supplier to give you everthing to paint & prep that Steel,,,

cdherman · Post by **cdherman** » October 14, 2006, 11:39 pm

Good 64-66 tailgates which look correct (at least for those of us who grew up with a 64-66) are hard to find in decent condition.

My original, which dad was always careful with, rusted out from the inside.

I got one off ebay back in 2003 -- it has issues as well -- the seams are separating, evidence of rust inside.

I have two more that are waiting for sandblasting. One from a slick60's member and one from from ebay. Both of those are pretty good I hope, but the blasting will expose what is really going on.

I spoke with a manager at DC a year or so ago about whether it would ever happen that they would make the correct 64-66 tailgates. His answer was a definte NO. He stated that the original dies for the tailgates are what they are using and the correct dies for the 64-66 tailgates appear to have been melted/lost.

So if you want a correct 64-66, you are on your own.

There are MANY MANY more 67-72 out there. I would guess the value of a good condition 67-72 is around $100 - $150. For a good cond. 64-66 its more like$150- $200. I do not know what I would pay for an NOS 64-66. Depends, but a lot more would be an understatement!!

ABA · Post by **ABA** » October 15, 2006, 7:04 am

adrianspeeder wrote:Fit good!

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I was glad to see that adrian.I'm going to use the gate off my '69 donor on my '65.

BOTP also has some new repo ones for $399.99

http://blueovaltruckparts.com/catalog/p ... ts_id=6349