Just because something is rare..............

[Limey57]

...........it doesn't mean it is desirable.  Okay, its one of those GM creations, but the "rarity" would annoy me like nothing else:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1953-Chevrolet-1-2-T-Stepside-Professionally-Restored-Rare-Factory-Tailgate-/160943745102?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item2578fea84e

[Zapato]

Not going to buy that it left the factory that way, no way that would have got past end of the line inspection. looks more than just a bit stupid.

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[Limey57]

Thats what I thought.  Even IF it left the factory like that, the dealer or the customer would have rejected it, surely?

[RICH MUISE]

Yeah, but look how many ambulances get through with the lettering on the front backwards.

[4thgen57]

I think the tailgate is worth 35000!!!! NOT

[wv 57s forever]

 

     they should all be that way.

[2x57sedan]

a few cutoff wheels and some mig wire and some bondo i could make those all day

[Zapato]

a few cutoff wheels and some mig wire and some bondo i could make those all day

That was my guess how someone did that in the first place.

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[RICH MUISE]

I read on the HAMB those panels are available repoped and are used in conjunction with the old tailgate end pieces and that if you are not careful how you weld them all back together you will end up with what is on the back of that one posted.