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just flipped the handle on my tailgate to the inside

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Re: just flipped the handle on my tailgate to the inside

Post by 77malibu77 on Mon Aug 23, 2010 1:02 pm

74chick wrote:And if not, I have one.

BTW, What are you going to do about the big hole in the back of your tail gate?
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haha we already went over this, for now im gonna hammer it smooth as much as i can then put some kind of screen or newspaper behind it and bondo over the hole.
thats just a temporary fix til i can get a welder then i am gonna just cut the whole part out and weld in a piece of sheet metal.

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Re: just flipped the handle on my tailgate to the inside

Post by 77malibu77 on Mon Aug 23, 2010 1:03 pm

the only bad thing about having the handle on the inside is when your trying to load something heavy in the bed you gotta lift it over the handle lol.
and you cant sit on it

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Re: just flipped the handle on my tailgate to the inside

Post by The Dude on Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:10 pm

..... Suspect Why not make it flush mount like every other inside handle?

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Re: just flipped the handle on my tailgate to the inside

Post by 74chick on Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:16 pm

Theres this too. IDK

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Re: just flipped the handle on my tailgate to the inside

Post by 77malibu77 on Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:24 pm

Rago wrote:..... Suspect Why not make it flush mount like every other inside handle?


good idea, ill get to work
lol any ideas where i can start?

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Post by JB2wheeler on Mon Aug 23, 2010 5:32 pm

Use an air powered crimping tool. Eastwood has a hand powered model that I bought, but I do not know if it will work on something as thick as a tailgate. JB

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Re: just flipped the handle on my tailgate to the inside

Post by 77malibu77 on Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:20 pm

heres a picture of what it looks like now, still needs one more coat of bondo you can see a little dent in it. i would show more pics but apparantly you guys dont like pics. cat



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Post by JB2wheeler on Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:23 pm

Keep up the good work. JB

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Post by 77malibu77 on Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:26 pm

JB2wheeler wrote:Keep up the good work. JB


thanks now i need to find out how to flush mount the handle to the inside of the tailgate. shouldnt be hard at all i have been looking at it.

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Post by Limey SE on Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:53 pm

you could use a recessed door handle from like lets say an impala ss or some thing along them lines ??

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Post by Limey SE on Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:09 pm

and a thought for a bumper elimination, I thought of this when I had MR. TRAR my elcamino

Its a corvette based tail panel and you could install like a trucks roll pan and look really killer


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Post by 77malibu77 on Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:51 pm

i like the thought of that.
i want to find something like this one so i can still have the same tail lights

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Post by Limey SE on Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:53 pm

thats the same type of panel except they call it a roll pan just make your tails work in it

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Post by 77malibu77 on Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:06 pm

ya i know i just dont know where to find a roll pan for my year el camino.
look at this one also i like this one



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Post by Limey SE on Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:07 pm

NO you to look at Lund inc.

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