tailgate handle relocator

[irishkael]

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

[DroppedMitsu]

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.

[irishkael]

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

[pennyman1]

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.

[irishkael]

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

[DroppedMitsu]

Yes they are.

[irishkael]

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

[pennyman1]

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.

[irishkael]

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

[pennyman1]

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

[irishkael]

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

[l.k.]

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

[irishkael]

pennyman any luck with those pics?

[pennyman1]

Will try to get them friday when I am off.

[Sergio T]

Pics or it's not true!

[pennyman1]

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

[irishkael]

i completely forgot about asking about the handle.

[irishkael]

any chance of pics yet?

[pennyman1]

like Christmas, they're coming

[Sergio T]

Boooooooooo!

[pennyman1]

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.

[Sergio T]

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

[94mitz]

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.

[noahwins]

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