Originally Posted by
escortnutter
pm mentalist dave mate .
i done a mk3 estate with opening tail gate and he has it to mess around with am sure he will pm you some pics of the rear end so you can do it i used all the original parts aswell

yeh I'm going to use part of the original tailgate for the hinges but where I've cut the car about the tailgate sits inside the pillars even at the widest point so just got that to figure out so I can get it sitting like a proper estate tailgate sits