A friend of mine has a 95 F150 that was in an accident.
The body shop has repaired the truck, but they still have not
replaced the metal tailgate "plate" or whatever it is called, that
goes on the tailgate. They have told him that they are hard to
find.

Does anybody here know of a good place to locate that
part? I know you can check the local junk yards, but that is
often time consuming and does not always produce the item
you are looking for.

Thanks!

 

try www.lmctruck.com

 

I thank you for your speedy suggestion!

But, that site sucks for organization! Their online catolog format is for the birds! And when I tried to run simple search, I got alot of irrelevant results that had nothing to do with a tailgate. I think they do not sell the part my friend needs. I only found 2 actual references to F150 tailgates. One was for 1980 to 86 styleside and the other was for 1992-96 stepside.

Thanks for trying to help!

 

I 2nd the sentiment that that site's catalog blows. They need to take the time to build a real online cart/catalog system instead of frustrating users by tossing scans of their print catalog up in a cheap bid to have an "online" presence.