tailgate handle relocator

just curious to see if anyone knows if a tailgate handle relocator kit is made for our trucks. id like to move mine and im having a hard time finding one. any help is appreciated

Nope, none are made I've looked. Going to have to get one for a toyota,nissan or mazda and adapt it to work, that's what i plan on doing.

what about using a different tailgate? if it matches up?

Geronimo's was made using an inside door handle and adapted it to pull the rods to open the latches. Then cut the outer handle out and made a piece from an old door and welded it in. The handle is from a 1st gen door.

arent the 1st gen tail gates different from the 2nd?

Yes they are.

i thought so. i didnt think that the 1st gen had the big access panel that the 2nd gens do

It does have an access panel - its about 6-8" tall and the width of the tailgate, and right behind the outside handle. 2nd gen should be able to be done the same way.

is there any way that i could get a picture of yours? id like to see how you did it.

I will try and get those pics for you - I will post them for all to see.

thank you sir. im curious to see how you did it.

im gonna do that myself and use one old tail gate to cut out the piece needed for a filler, i did one on my old mazda. Used a 85 toyota inside door handle and modified the bars a little and that was it

pennyman any luck with those pics?

Will try to get them friday when I am off.

Pics or it's not true!

Sorry for the delay - the pics are coming, in the middle of reorganizing the garage right now.

i completely forgot about asking about the handle.

any chance of pics yet?

like Christmas, they're coming

Boooooooooo!

Look for trkdesigner's post on the tailgate handle flip - he is my painter extrordinaire and the one who came up with the mod; he is taking pics of the mod on his 81 arrow truck that I posted on here previously.

Thinking of taking this on again. I will post pics once I get started.

I ran a cable from the piece that the handle attaches to down to the bottom of the tailgate through the hole and put a T handle on it. YOu cant see it but you can reach up under the "lip" of the tailgate at the bottom and it will pop open.

I sketched out an idea for a hands free tailgate using a door popper and two leftover gas shocks for my old BMW's hood but nothing ever came of it.

Grant sells a skin for both generations of our trucks:

http://grantkustoms.com/catalog/dodg...hi-c-9_58.html