Will a Bumpside tailgate fit a slick??

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » April 17, 2008, 10:33 pm

[quote="blackagatha"][quote="Alan Mclennan"]Hey Johnno!, was the PO of your truck a newspaper or a thermometer company
Alan
EH??? hahah you dont make sense dude! do you?

BA, I probably don't !, I am getting old, but

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Alan,

blackagatha · Post by **blackagatha** » April 17, 2008, 10:38 pm

Alan Mclennan wrote: Home - San Jose Mercury News

i dont think that worked.

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » April 17, 2008, 11:08 pm

thermometer jokes aside, i don't think the 64/66 had the body line on the upper gate panel. anyone verify this?

brian gilbert soares · Post by **brian gilbert soares** » April 18, 2008, 5:24 am

Bed rail for a roll pan, its pretty close to the same curve.
These trucks do have a lot of curves.
I guess in 23 years of owning this truck I've looked from all angles
My sisters think that I'm Obsessed with this truck.
Maybe a good obsession.
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Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » April 18, 2008, 7:55 am

Indeed, the Garbz and Charlie are correct. Wyatt was the guy who started it, I saw his roll pan on Betty,
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and Garbz brought me the pieces to the first Slickstock. That is now the roll pan you see above on the Merc. Those bed sides travelled over 2000 miles to become a roll pan.

jwh f-100 · Post by **jwh f-100** » April 18, 2008, 11:33 am

Has anyone tried using a bumpside box rail/side for a slick roll pan???

and here is one more...

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » April 18, 2008, 12:09 pm

They are supposed to work.. for BUMPS..

64Ranger · Post by **64Ranger** » April 18, 2008, 2:42 pm

BroncoTom was the first guy I saw with that type of roll pan. I even cut a couple out of an old bed that I had but never used them and ended up scrapping them.

cdherman · Post by **cdherman** » April 18, 2008, 6:53 pm

I'll have two correct 64-66 tailgates for sale at slickstock. One is very good, with only minor surface rust (really). The other looks nice, as it is the gate I currently have on my truck, but it possibly has some internal issues -- no rust out yet, but the seams are discolored and I worry that it may have only 10 or 15 more years. My truck is a very long term keeper, so that is not good enough....

Last year I bought one off ebay for a LOT of money, but I got what I wanted -- perfect/new condition, taken off in 65 to put a camper on right out of the dealership and never re-installed. Even the silver paint on the hardware was silver! Had the color been right I could have just buffed it and put it on.........

So I'm lettin' go of my other tailgates. Figure at slickstock there may be takers..... Prices will be negotiable, and fair. Shipping is such a bugger for tailgates -- I figure I and someone else can both save this way.

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » April 19, 2008, 1:02 pm

cdherman wrote: Last year I bought one off ebay for a LOT of money, but I got what I wanted -- perfect/new condition, taken off in 65 to put a camper on right out of the dealership and never re-installed. Even the silver paint on the hardware was silver! Had the color been right I could have just buffed it and put it on.........

Lucky find, for sure!

There's two trucks I know of that have had campers on their backs for as long as I can remember. I would bet that the tailgates are rat-holed in their garage somewhere...I should go knock on some doors sometime soon.

I should also take my camera.

Will a Bumpside tailgate fit a slick??

Bed rail slik