Why does the swing gate swing to the right?

[broncobase1]

Mine swings to the left. I hope its normal..

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[Fordified1]

I’m on the side of don’t ask don’t tell regarding which way. lol

 

[TNTACO]

I am with G1D1UP o this one.

 

[Sitruc_btb]

I being left handed, feel so oppressed.

We can start a lefty Bronco club. No right handed weirdos allowed.

 

[Tricky Mike]

I think it makes sense why the Bronco doesn't have it. I'm not an automotive engineer, but it would seem to be a challenge to have a roll-down rear window that works well with the soft top. And it doesn't make economic sense for Ford to design two different tailgates. Not that I wouldn't like a power roll-down rear window.

They could have easily incorporated a window frame into the rear rollbar if they had gone that route, so the tops only had to snug up the roll bar instead of the window. It wouldn't be much different that the side windows.

 

[Chrome_Pony]

Roll down rear windows = Airflow plus room for surfboards and 2x4's to hang out, loading groceries is the third benefit.

Sorry Bronco, you're beat three to one, here is a proper Bronco tailgate:

Flip up glass, drop down tailgate, this is the way.

Sadly I don't think the spare location and mounting would have permitted this on the 6G.

 

[Nickhick]

I miss the old fold down tailgate w/ roll down window.

Yea I miss the power rear window. The first thing to rust out way before anything else was the bottom of the tailgate though. Must have hillbillied that thing a dozen times

 

[Docindahouze]

coz if it right, it ain’t right.

 

[OmahaKevin]

Mine swings to the left. I hope its normal..

Good to know, but we're talking about tailgates ...

 

[Dude1967]

Don't know for sure, but I think my swing gate has conservative values, so there's that...

The right way and right answer!!!

 

[timhood]

Mine swings to the left. I hope its normal..

Really, it should be able to swing in any direction. You should have that checked out.

 

[BeerRunner]

I miss the old fold down tailgate w/ roll down window.

Not me! Tailgate yes, but on my 92 the window motor went out and I had to crawl in the back and lower by hand or leave it rolled down

 

[Dialtone]

The majority of the population is trained to be right handed. With that in mind, having the handle on the left and the door swinging to the right is ergonomically a more natural setup.

Hand dominance is rarely a trained habit. My daughter did most things left handed as an infant. Once she started learning to feed herself she did so right handed. No we didn't have the goofy bent spoon and no we didn't place the spoon in her right hand. My father was left handed so I thought her being a lefty would be cool. My father was also forced to be right handed in school and it screwed him up terrible. He started stuttering and lost all self confidence. Fortunately he was a 4 sport left handed athlete and showed the idiots how wrong they were. So in short, people are not trained to be right handed any more than they are trained to be ambidexterous.

 

[irishkpo]

Makes me curious if Euro Broncos tailgates swing the opposite way.

That wouldn't make much sense.... Most of Europe drives on the right side. The British Isles are the oddity that drive on the left side of the road in Europe.

 

[Bruno]

I wish someone would make a Conversion Kit to have a fold down gate

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