blind pew Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Does anyone know a source to secure the inside latch/handle for tailgates? Mine is steel and is all rusty. I think a chroming shop would have trouble with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46 woodie Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 It would help if you gave us a make and year of the vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind pew Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 '41 international KB3 with a campbell body. However, I can make most anything fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Boehm Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 I got some reproduction tailgate hardware from this place a long long time ago. I found references to them online as recent as 2017. I don't know if they are still around. Wagon Works 213 S.W. Kline Ankenny Iowa 50021 515 964 5085 evenings All the hardware that was still with my car I was able to use again by sandblasting or Evapo Rust. It was all rust pitted. I made it look good by skimming with bondo or multple coats of SEM high build spray can primer and lots of sanding. It was all painted. The outside handle is stainless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind pew Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 Great tips! Evapo-rust? Sounds like good stuff. One of my kids lives in Ankeny, IA- I will ask him to check them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Boehm Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 www.evapo-rust.com Great stuff. Non toxic rust remover. Will only dissolve rust. Will not harm rubber, plating, sound steel and iron, nonferrous metal. Heat makes it work faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46 woodie Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 You might try a company called "Treehouse woodies", they sell reproduction metal parts for '37-'40 Ford Woodies, so they might have what you are looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind pew Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) Thanks for the leads. Wagon Works had the exact hardware used on the international. Treehouse had alot of hardware I didn't know about, but did not have the needed hardware (but a good future source). Again, thank you both for taking the time to respond and provide good information- I really appreciate it. Thanks again for the help, guys! The Wagon Works guy had an old International pickup when he was a kid, so he was fun to talk to- nice guy. Edited March 6, 2021 by blind pew (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Boehm Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 I'm glad that worked out for you. They were the only place that had what I needed. That was about 15 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind pew Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 Got the handles and inside latch mechanism- they are identical to those used for the Campbell bodies. Hard to beat for $9 a pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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