I think they are trying to confuse us. I have been through my 3 books on the Studebaker - Ord Supply Catalog, Workshop Manual, and Pats Manual. All have detailed diagrams of both the wood and steel body but NO TAILGATE. This is carried on in Jan's picture above which also seems to be out of a Studebaker manual.
All the bodies shown in all the manuals also are flat along the bottom of the rear with the lights and the tool box sticking down. The GMC style "dressing plate" with the tapered ends with lights and toolbox fitted in appears nowhere but in field photos.
Lang
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