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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Body, Glass & Paint => Topic started by: mikeith on January 03, 2008, 11:10:43 am

Title: tailgate width???
Post by: mikeith on January 03, 2008, 11:10:43 am

anyone know what the width for a fleetside tailgate is on our trucks? i'm fixing to cut down a ramp and my truck isnt here

Title: Re: tailgate width???
Post by: werewolfx13 on January 03, 2008, 05:45:07 pm

The outter sheetmetal (as you look at the truck from the back with the gate closed, tailgate only) is 66 5/8", the inside part is about 65 1/4". For making a ramp, I'd go 65" wide or a little less.