The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Making a Stovebolt Bed Any Experience with Mack Products Bed Parts?

With the exception of 51 3804 who said that the cross sills he purchased from them were an exact match for the OEM units, no one spoke up as to having experience with purchasing parts from Mack Products.

As their price was attractive ($270 + $85 shipping) I was really hoping to hear that others had purchased parts from them and had good results.

Since price was important, but I didn't want to spend money on quality that I would regret, I called Mack Products and talked to Catherine and asked her how many of these tailgates they had sold. She said that until recently they had sold mostly Ford parts, but that with Mar-K going out of business, they are selling more Chevy tailgates now then they used to. She suggested that if I wanted, she could ask a couple of her recent customers if they would contact me with their thoughts on the quality of the tailgate they had received from Mack Products.

I was contacted by an inactive Stovebolt member who had purchased the 1939 tailgate with the Chevrolet script stamped into it. He was very pleased with the quality. With his endorsement, I decided to go ahead and pull the trigger and order the tailgate. That was one week ago today...and it arrived this evening.

I have no experience with products like this and really don't know what to expect, but it looks good to me. I have some prep to learn about and to do, but considering that my alternative would be a used tailgate or a more expensive one from a different vendor, I am pleased with my purchase.

I paid a little more for the tailgate hinges than Jim Carter advertises theirs for, but they threw them into the same box with the tailgate (well padded) and didn't charge me for shipping them, so I am not complaining.

Catherine mentioned that they manufacture parts for some of the familiar vendors, so perhaps the reason their tailgate sells for less is that the other vendors might be selling a Mack Products tailgate!

I took a few photos, but if you have a specific question or a specific spot you would like to see a photo of, let me know.