Originally Posted by
Skrilla
Wanting to fix the tailgate on my 81 C10 as it has a little spot of rust on the lower corner. But I noticed it looks like the PO who painted the truck either filled the tailgate to give it a "smooth" finish, or used plate (not sure yet) but you can see the line on the paint where the filler is and the paint ran. How much of a PITA is it to remove all the old paint, filler, rust and prep for someone to paint it. I can get a new tailgate for $250 delivered to my door, but I would imagine it can't be that bad to fix the one I have now.
What materials would I need? Should I get the tailgate sandblasted and see how bad it actually is?
thanks!