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Originally Posted by watahyahknow

you could use some thin stainless steel cables that feed through some metal pipes intoo the bodywork

That's an idea

Originally Posted by oldman3

Hey Mike, sheet metal looks real good. I used stuff from WOW products for my latch and tailgate props. Here's a link to their site Here's a couple pics showing how it looks in my truck...Jim http://www.wow-products.com/images/latch_schematic.gif

cool , thanks !

Originally Posted by oldman3

Forget to mention that I used the same set-up on Jimbo's step-side, let me know if you want to see the pics...Jim

I will do !

Originally Posted by mooseknuckles

there goes all that nice patina...

LOL... I thought about calling this build Patina X !