Tailgate Latch Plates.

Ford used a simple latch for the rear gate. I had previously posted about using "inventor" to create drawings and flat patterns of parts here: INVENTOR

In the interim I managed to secure some steel from my local steel yard and used the "pattern" to create my "blanks" I drilled 1/8 inch holes for the corners of each "knockout" and used my plasma cutter to create the openings.



some fancy work with a chipping hammer (it was closest)



and a "bend" in my brake..

resulted in these..



I'll file these to perfection in the weeks ahead (thus far these took 45 minutes labor)