Classic Truck Performance

Scott's Hotrods' 1951 Chevy Custom Tailgate Fab

Tailgate time! Let’s go back a bit and talk about the fabwork on the tailgate for Scott’s Hotrods ’N Customs’ Brian Schutte’s truck.

When we initially got around to making the tailgate, there wasn’t much that had been planned for. Ultimately, we just knew we needed a tailgate. I had the idea of trying to somehow incorporate a soft-open feature like newer model trucks have today and Justin Padfield was on board with the idea, so we did a little research and decided to call up one of the local GM

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