10 Simple Vintage Ford Dealer Accessories You Have to See

[@DentsideDepot]

I really love these old dealer accessories. A good one not seen in this video is the dealer installed AC. They are hard to come by these days and I just don't have on at the moment. Thos systems were cut into the dash and had totally different parts than the factory AC. Also, you think Dana Corp shipped those computer boxes from Korea or were they made here? IDK to be honest.... Enjoy the episode!

[@bussin_buses]

I wish I could find a dealer A/C unit.

[@TurningGuns]

I'm kinda wondering when you are going to run across the swing out step or the fancy behind the seat lock boxes .

[@DentsideDepot]

@@bussin_buses try checking Ebay they do pop up from time to time

[@DentsideDepot]

@@TurningGuns So the swing out steps were a non-Ford accessory and I actually do not have a set. The Ford dealer behind the seat lock box/gun case is probably the single most rarest Dentside Ford truck dealer accessory, so much so that I have never even actually seen one in person or for sale ever. They are in some of the brochures.

[@TurningGuns]

@@DentsideDepot I have the lock box , and have a truck that was fitted with the swing out steps although they were removed before I took ownership. When I was doing research on the steps, basically wondering what the extra holes and fasteners were about, I found the swing out steps on eBay in Ford boxes. I didn't purchase them however. At that time , around 2014, they were asking about $300 for them. The lock box was acquired by adopting a project 79 250 plane Jane that had a fresh C6 and 203 if I remember correctly. I was looking for windshield wipers and if I needed a part for my truck I would sooner get a parts truck with new wipers or tires or whatever, drove the ol lady nuts, lol. So I found that "wiper" truck as an abandoned project for free and that's how I ended up with the box.

[@annadonahue4119]

Boy, that truck starts so beautifully 💙

[@bazilwreckerloughead]

I remember when I was a kid, my father had a 1973 Ford van with that air horn kit on it.

[@DentsideDepot]

Yea its a really cool piece.

[@FORDCAMPERSPECIAL]

Hey Dentsidedepot, I just hooked up my CB radio up in my 78 c10. I used an A.S brand antenna made in 1968. The CB is a radio shack realistic C.B. out of the 1977 (engine donor)- Gmc motor home. Works pretty good.

[@DentsideDepot]

Nice very cool!

[@HighSierra1500]

Back in 2020, I looked at a 1979 Ford F250 Camper Special, in Lethbridge, Alberta and it had the Ford factory tachometer accessory installed on the steering column.

[@DentsideDepot]

Oh nice thats really cool

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

Man love the tachometer.

[@bussin_buses]

Cool!

[@DentsideDepot]

thanks! I agree!

[@chargermopar]

I have one of those CB's in a box! Never knew that Ford had their own version of it.

[@DentsideDepot]

Yea but their version was basically the same lol besides the branding

[@annadonahue4119]

Love visor kits

[@T-roy33]

I appreciate this channel

[@coreydarr8464]

Man-O-Man, what a Wealth of knowledge!🤗

[@DentsideDepot]

I really love these accessories, they are just so much cooler than anything you find these days thats for sure!

[@sheldondyck8631]

My truck has the Ford brand vent shades. They were on it when I bought it. The AVS ones are going for over $200 CAD new.

[@DentsideDepot]

I think I paid 15 bucks for those NOS ones, but I bought all this stuff years and years ago before the values are what they are now. I have NOS items I paid 50 bucks for that are now easily worth 10-15 times as much or more.

[@craigdv675]

Wow what a fantastic channel thanks for showing all these period Ford extras!

[@christophertoscano2026]

I remember seeing some of those the window one I definitely remember seeing alot

[@DentsideDepot]

Yea that would be the most common one I would imagine. Many of the Ford branded stuff was just aftermarket stuff they put their logo on.

[@mannywilliams6409]

Funny, I remember having an AMC Matador that came with a similar fuel sentry gauge installed from the factory.

[@blaydCA]

Fuel economy gauge. Harking back to the fuel crisis of '73. Gas was rationed or sold out. The factory installed rhe Uhaul ones into the dash- either a guage or a yellow light that lit when you goosed it. They also had RPM limiters.

[@joefrieson5100]

Miss my old truck

[@DentsideDepot]

Time to get another!

[@malcolmhammond2135]

Super cool stuff!

[@DanielinLaTuna]

Channel 9 was the emergency CB channel. The Good Samaritans were always listening on channel nine

[@user-iw4zw7qg7f]

Very cool man

[@scottscheuerman8714]

I am building a engine right now for my 73 highboy ford which has a custom cab but it does have the nicer radio

[@sactime]

Do you have a part number for the compass?

[@HenRebuild]

You should put all of these into one of your trucks

[@76f350]

Do you have any of the glide out steps?

[@Kerrage]

I've got the dealer installed cruise on my 84 f250, however it has an aftermarket delay for the wipers so there's more than 2 speeds, would that have been a dealer add on?

[@annadonahue4119]

My truck has a tach in the dash. I guess that implies it was a "commercial" grade truck 🤔?

[@mwilliamshs]

0:36 You're wrong about the fuel sentry. The decelerate area is where the guage reads while decelerating. It is not indicating the "driver needed to decelerate if [vacuum] was getting too high up into the green."

[@DanielinLaTuna]

That’s right; it indicated maximum vacuum the engine can be considered an air pump, and on deceleration the throttle plate in the carburetor is fully closed while the rpm’s are high - a condition that results in the “air pump” drawing against a closed intake, hence the highest vacuum. Whereas when the throttle is wide open the vacuum is lowest.

[@mwilliamshs]

@@DanielinLaTuna you're mumbling. Nobody needs an explanation of how the guage or an engine works. The Depot kid mistakenly described the meaning of "decelerate" as indicated on the guage.

[@DanielinLaTuna]

@@mwilliamshs well, in that case I’ll take back my thumbs up on your nearly “excellent” comment above… 😢

[@Daniel-Weaver]

Vacuum tank? Those horn run backwards? 79 F250 here

[@DentsideDepot]

Yup you got me there, air reserve canister. Didn't even realize I said that LOL. The Australian horns have vacuum tanks ;)

[@Daniel-Weaver]

@@DentsideDepotIs everything backwards down under? No wonder Ozzyman has Destination F%&cked.

[@DentsideDepot]

@@Daniel-Weaver Hahahaha

[@blaydCA]

That vacuum "tank" was an Hawaiian Punch can painted black with a couple of fittings attached. Hawaiian Punch used to be sold in large cans, for the young among us. It was a reserve tank for the bigger trucks for brake booster.

[@DentsideDepot]

@@blaydCA Man that brings me back, punching those cans out with the old style openers. Those were the days when sugar drinks had like 3 times the amount of sugar in them they have today.

[@greybone777]

How about a paint sprayer😅

[@cecilkoselke7878]

I clicked on this to see the chainsaw, mounted under hood, that came with the camper special. Nope

[@nancyfromkingbolen2428]

Sir， plz check your email🥰🥰