1965 Resurrection - a Re-Rebuild of my 1965 F100

This truck has been in my family for forty years. Its first build was in the early 1980's by my father. He took the 1965 truck and dropped in a 390, C6 transmission, 9" rear end, power steering and brakes. About 1993 I bought it and rebuilt everything he did and a fresh paint job. I drove it for a few years before parking it, covered in a shed. It sat for the last 20 years until spring of 2018 when I pulled it out of the shed, dusted it off and began to bring it back to life.

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Tail Gate Handle and Bumpers

The old tailgate bumper was hard as a rock. It was easy to pop out and put in the new one.

You can see in the below photo that I also installed the lower bumper. I had to remove this though because after I put the tailgate back on, I found that the gate would not close. There is no way this bumper every worked on this truck.

Here is my original handle. Missing screws and no gasket.

Here is my new gasket, screws and handle bumper.

After removing the handle screws, there are two pins to pull out to remove the handle. The bumper was not used. There should be a hole for it to go in between the handle and the handle housing, but there was not. This bumper does not fit this truck. Glad it was cheap.