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_buses2 ай бұрын
I wish I could find a dealer A/C unit.
@TurningGuns2 ай бұрын
I'm kinda wondering when you are going to run across the swing out step or the fancy behind the seat lock boxes .
@DentsideDepot2 ай бұрын
@@bussin_buses try checking Ebay they do pop up from time to time
@DentsideDepot2 ай бұрын
@@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.
@TurningGuns2 ай бұрын
@@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.
@annadonahue4119Ай бұрын
Boy, that truck starts so beautifully 💙
@bazilwreckerloughead2 ай бұрын
I remember when I was a kid, my father had a 1973 Ford van with that air horn kit on it.
@DentsideDepot2 ай бұрын
Yea its a really cool piece.
@FORDCAMPERSPECIAL2 ай бұрын
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.
@DentsideDepot2 ай бұрын
Nice very cool!
@HighSierra15002 ай бұрын
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.
@DentsideDepot2 ай бұрын
Oh nice thats really cool
@hilltopmachineworks21312 ай бұрын
Man love the tachometer.
@bussin_buses2 ай бұрын
Cool!
@DentsideDepot2 ай бұрын
thanks! I agree!
@chargermopar2 ай бұрын
I have one of those CB's in a box! Never knew that Ford had their own version of it.
@DentsideDepot2 ай бұрын
Yea but their version was basically the same lol besides the branding
@annadonahue4119Ай бұрын
Love visor kits
@T-roy332 ай бұрын
I appreciate this channel
@coreydarr84642 ай бұрын
Man-O-Man, what a Wealth of knowledge!🤗
@DentsideDepot2 ай бұрын
I really love these accessories, they are just so much cooler than anything you find these days thats for sure!
@sheldondyck86312 ай бұрын
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.
@DentsideDepot2 ай бұрын
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.
@craigdv6752 ай бұрын
Wow what a fantastic channel thanks for showing all these period Ford extras!
@christophertoscano20262 ай бұрын
I remember seeing some of those the window one I definitely remember seeing alot
@DentsideDepot2 ай бұрын
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.
@mannywilliams64092 ай бұрын
Funny, I remember having an AMC Matador that came with a similar fuel sentry gauge installed from the factory.
@blaydCA2 ай бұрын
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.
@joefrieson51002 ай бұрын
Miss my old truck
@DentsideDepot2 ай бұрын
Time to get another!
@malcolmhammond21352 ай бұрын
Super cool stuff!
@DanielinLaTuna2 ай бұрын
Channel 9 was the emergency CB channel. The Good Samaritans were always listening on channel nine
@user-iw4zw7qg7f2 ай бұрын
Very cool man
@scottscheuerman87142 ай бұрын
I am building a engine right now for my 73 highboy ford which has a custom cab but it does have the nicer radio
@sactimeАй бұрын
Do you have a part number for the compass?
@HenRebuild2 ай бұрын
You should put all of these into one of your trucks
@76f3502 ай бұрын
Do you have any of the glide out steps?
@Kerrage2 ай бұрын
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?
@annadonahue4119Ай бұрын
My truck has a tach in the dash. I guess that implies it was a "commercial" grade truck 🤔?
@mwilliamshs2 ай бұрын
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."
@DanielinLaTuna2 ай бұрын
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.
@mwilliamshs2 ай бұрын
@@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.
@DanielinLaTuna2 ай бұрын
@@mwilliamshs well, in that case I’ll take back my thumbs up on your nearly “excellent” comment above… 😢
@Daniel-Weaver2 ай бұрын
Vacuum tank? Those horn run backwards? 79 F250 here
@DentsideDepot2 ай бұрын
Yup you got me there, air reserve canister. Didn't even realize I said that LOL. The Australian horns have vacuum tanks ;)
@Daniel-Weaver2 ай бұрын
@@DentsideDepotIs everything backwards down under? No wonder Ozzyman has Destination F%&cked.
@DentsideDepot2 ай бұрын
@@Daniel-Weaver Hahahaha
@blaydCA2 ай бұрын
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.
@DentsideDepot2 ай бұрын
@@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.
@greybone777Ай бұрын
How about a paint sprayer😅
@cecilkoselke78782 ай бұрын
I clicked on this to see the chainsaw, mounted under hood, that came with the camper special. Nope