Cheap/Easy TAIL GATE 'FIX'.....

[1987cp]

Oh yeah, DaWoody, does your tailgate still operate in the swinging-down mode? I really don't know if mine does anymore or not, in part since it's been 9 years now since the window regulator called it quits .... gotta fix that one of these years ........

[The Dude]

Here in chicago people do that all the time to keep theives out of their cars. Theres car around wriglyville with every door padlocked.

[portdizzal]

i fixed my tailgate so it stays shut.

[1987cp]

Hadn't seen that view before, actually. Did you smooth the factory taillights or are those homemade lenses?

huh, looks like that plate says Texas .... and coincidentally, that pic looks a touch like my wife's friend's parents' neighborhood in Irving.

[86VickyLX]

Hadn't seen that view before, actually. Did you smooth the factory taillights or are those homemade lenses?

huh, looks like that plate says Texas .... and coincidentally, that pic looks a touch like my wife's friend's parents' neighborhood in Irving.

He has the cadillac tail lights on it now. Looks really sweet.

[1987cp]

He has the cadillac tail lights on it now. Looks really sweet.

I know that. I'd never seen the above shot with stock-style taillights.

[portdizzal]

they used to be the stock buckets with a piece of red translucent plastic glued to them. the heat from the sun and the bulbs kept wharping them. my fuel filler was behind the driver side one. i decided to do away with all of it when i fixed the rear roll pan. molded in the 59' caddy tear drops and raised the rollpan a little. i also moved the filler neck back to side of the car and just used a custom billet cap to dress it a bit. you can see it all on my cardomain.

[1987cp]

no detailed pics of the old taillights on the Cardomain pages.

[portdizzal]

did i hi-jack this thread? ill post up a picture of them later. i think i still have them in my garage somewhere.