MPC Mount'n Goat Jeep Commando tailgate

[fat50]

Hi All,

I'm to the point of putting the tailgate on the Jeep, the instructions are no help in this area?

anyone have a picture of how the hinge pieces affix to the body?  I'm stumped....

 

Thanks,

Chris

[Mark]

Are there separate hinge pieces?  I remember the tailgate going into the body from the inside and being trapped by either the interior/bed floor or side panels...

[fat50]

Mark,

There are 2 blocks with holes for the pins,  I will take a closer look at installing from the inside this evening.

I'm so close to wrapping this one up..

I built this kit back in the 80's and don't remember having any issues with the tailgate. 

[Jack L]

on the older issue of the Jeepster the tail lights hold the pins on the tailgate in place

[Don Sikora II]

 

9 hours ago, Jack L said:

on the older issue of the Jeepster the tail lights hold the pins on the tailgate in place

I remember it like this too. The tailgate fits from outside the body and the hinge pins will be trapped in place once the chrome taillight bezels are installed into the locator pockets.

[NOBLNG]

Yes, the tailgate pins fit into slots from the outside, then held in place by the tail lights. It does not fold down level like it should, but it would take a fair bit of work to correct it.?

[fat50]

Thanks for the help, guys!  those pictures was truly worth a thousand words