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blink32 · 03-09-2005, 09:42 AM

I've got a 1976 Silverado and I'm trying to confirm if this part number for the tailgate is either 100% correct, or atleast will work. If its not does anyone have a line on the exact part number? The GM part number I've got is : 15628608 . I know the part number is for a tailgate, just trying to confirm its year. The picture of it definitely looks similar to mine, minus the chrome trim piece covering the indentation on the tailgate. But I haven't had the trim off mine to verify if it is also has the stamped chevrolet word into is as does the replacement. Thanks for any help.
Tony

Hemikiller · 03-09-2005, 11:16 AM

IIRC, you can get any tailgate from the 73-87 to work on any other year, as long as you have the matching bolt on hinges for the bed. I put an 83 tailgate on my 73, all I needed was the hinges off the 83 bed. FWIW, try to get the latchplates and support straps from a later year truck, as they lock in and hold the bedsides in, no more tailgate flopping open on rough roads.

blink32 · 03-09-2005, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Hemikiller

IIRC, you can get any tailgate from the 73-87 to work on any other year, as long as you have the matching bolt on hinges for the bed.

Thanks for the info. That makes me want/need to double/triple verify the part number and its use in my application because in this instance, I can't get the hinges at the same time.

78SilveradoSWB · 03-09-2005, 06:20 PM

The Silverado fill panel is also different. The mounting bracket for 73-80 vs. 81-87 are a bit deeper. I think the recess cavity of the early tailgates are deeper slightly?

03-09-2005, 09:42 AM	#1
blink32 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: OTR Posts: 338	Need help confirming part number for year I've got a 1976 Silverado and I'm trying to confirm if this part number for the tailgate is either 100% correct, or atleast will work. If its not does anyone have a line on the exact part number? The GM part number I've got is : 15628608 . I know the part number is for a tailgate, just trying to confirm its year. The picture of it definitely looks similar to mine, minus the chrome trim piece covering the indentation on the tailgate. But I haven't had the trim off mine to verify if it is also has the stamped chevrolet word into is as does the replacement. Thanks for any help. Tony

03-09-2005, 11:16 AM	#2
Hemikiller Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Killingworth, CT Posts: 30	IIRC, you can get any tailgate from the 73-87 to work on any other year, as long as you have the matching bolt on hinges for the bed. I put an 83 tailgate on my 73, all I needed was the hinges off the 83 bed. FWIW, try to get the latchplates and support straps from a later year truck, as they lock in and hold the bedsides in, no more tailgate flopping open on rough roads. __________________ Wise man once told me; "Don't show me what you know, show me what you don't know" Nothing worthwhile is ever easy Present Stable: 73 C-30 CrewCab Dually 4X2 91 4X2 'burban 89 4X4 'burban 84 4x2 'burban (R.I.P.)

03-09-2005, 06:20 PM	#4
78SilveradoSWB Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Beaverton, OR Posts: 1,615	The Silverado fill panel is also different. The mounting bracket for 73-80 vs. 81-87 are a bit deeper. I think the recess cavity of the early tailgates are deeper slightly? __________________ Mitch 1978 Chevrolet Silverado C 10 454 BB, TH400

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