[1774btcrew]

Originally Posted by rainamy

Whelp, somewhat of a repost - my membership had expired by about a week and rather than reminding me, someone took it upon himself to be a jerk and never did what he said he would - namely being restore the questions in my thread that had nothing to do with a casual mention I might not keep it.

Because of that, if anyone had posted tips or answers about the gate, please repost. I cannot see any of it.

So... Anyone know for sure how those letters are attached on the tailgate - adhesive? Studs w/ nuts? Something else?

Does it make more sense to break it up in pieces or is any particular part more/less desirable than the others?

New questions:

Whats this thing worth these days? Either whole, or in 3 parts - gmc letters, blank trim band, and gate itself. Really don't know much about them.

As for condition, it's nice, but not perfect.

Emblems: nice color on striping, but have a couple tiny marks

Trim band: needs to be polished, and has one tiny ding under the handle that is only visible at the right angle

Gate: has a couple spots where there was a ding in the metal from inside the bed; the lower trim strip was off when I got it, but, can be included. Gate appears to have had a 3" "protector" strip over the upper edge like what would come with a bedliner. Paint has scratches and patina in spots, especially from that protector.

See pics:

I would leave this tailgate complete. Anyone specifically looking for a 73-74 GMC tailgate would in most cases need everything and not want to have to hunt up the other parts as they can be hard to find separately. The GMC letters are held in with barrel clips due to not being able to get to the backside for a nut. Ford was better known for using these but GM did use them in a few situations. These are a good choice if you are painting a truck and don't want to remove the fenders to reinstall the emblems to put nuts on