Having played with old cars and trucks for most of my life (I built my first, a '48 Ford at 14 years old) and used a variation of the safety door latch assembly in the vast majority of them over the ...
Tailgate chains do have a place up on the wall hanging next to the whips (whips 'n' chains, get it?), not hanging on our tailgates anymore. Pat Helferich, one of the owners of Z Best Hot Rods, ...