It's a safety feature. If you have too many cold ones you fall back into the
bed rather than face down in the street (:-)
Jeff Nelson
1953 3600
Paducah, KY
> ----------
> From: Mike Suriano[SMTP:msuriano@netzero.net]
> Reply To: Mike Suriano
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 1:34 PM
> To: Brad Newman
> Cc: A.B.; 'oletrucks@autox.team.net'
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Has this ever happened to you?
>
> My 59 does the exact same thing..not real bad but ya can tell. I just sit
> on
> the high side and have a few more cold ones...Some day it will even out.
>
> Brad Newman wrote:
>
> > For what its worth, I ordered a set of chains from Chevy Duty a while
> > back for my 49, and they fit exactly the same way. That angle makes it
> > hard to sit and have a cold one after a long cruise!
> > Brad Newman
> > 49 3100 Deluxe
> > 24 1 ton
> >
> > A.B. wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > I just ordered some tailgate chains for my '53. We4ll, when I
> > > installed
> > > them last night, I found that they are at least 1 link, maybe 2 links
> > > two
> > > short! I guess I don't really care, but the reason I ordered the
> > > chains
> > > was 1) so I could get that wierd square bolt, 2) I wanted to order
> > > covers
> > > anyways, 3) for $10 more then building them myself, I would get a
> > > correct
> > > look, 4) I wouldn't have to measure and cut any chain (I'm lazy).
> > > Anyway,
> > > when the tailgate is extended, it does not sit horizontal to the bed
> > > wood
> > > surface, rather, it sits at a slight angle! Maybe this is correct,
> > > and I
> > > don't know what I am talking about, but I know my '60 chevy's tailgate
> > >
> > > used to sit horizontal to the bed.
> > > -alfie
> > >
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> > > 1959
> >
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