Your tailgate could also be an aftermarket piece. They are typically black primer to start.
Whoever swapped it could have been lazy and just chopped the wires instead of taking the tail light out, but it would have been a pain to get the glass back up even just once. I've seen wires for the door harness that look like that in my '87 that just got old and cracked in half after being flexed countless times.
Whoever swapped it could have been lazy and just chopped the wires instead of taking the tail light out, but it would have been a pain to get the glass back up even just once. I've seen wires for the door harness that look like that in my '87 that just got old and cracked in half after being flexed countless times.