Honorable mention to the 75-76 factory fuel savings light. I couldn't find mine unfortunately. It was a little vac gauge that replaced the oil warning light on the gauges.
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
Please like and sub, also feel free to comment on what type of content topics you want to see in the future about these trucks!
@blaydCA3 ай бұрын
I think U-Hauls had those damn lights. I spent most of the time on the floor to get my overloaded trucks to actually move
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
@@blaydCA hah yup
@sheldondyck86313 ай бұрын
My truck is a 75 with the low fuel economy light. It works most of the time lol
@76f3503 ай бұрын
The fuel light is 75 only sir not 75 and 6.
@charlisue3 күн бұрын
That license plate bracket and light was for vehicles with NO bumper. Dealers often supplied their own branded "step" bumpers so they were ordered without any bumper. This bracket and light was included on those vehicles.
@gerhardpet13 ай бұрын
My dad had an auto wrecking business in the 80's specializing in 1960's and 1970's Ford trucks. Lots of nostalgia here.
@althunder426923 күн бұрын
A buddy of mine had a loaded 1979 Bronco. He worked at the local Lincoln/Mercury dealer in their parts department and he bought it from the Ford area service rep who had it as a Ford company car. It literally had every conceivable option available for that model year. This was back in 1980.
@samknapp57823 ай бұрын
That pile of parts looks amazing to me and is my wife's absolute nightmare!
@randysrestoration3 ай бұрын
As mentioned the license plate bracket came on trucks without bumper. That same bracket was also installed on trucks back to 1965.
@OnusofStrife3 ай бұрын
It was federal law on the 85 mph speedometers. It came along with the 55 mph national speed limit. Forgotten history I suppose.
@thestuffz3 ай бұрын
my 73 came with the under bed license plate bracket. I believe it is because it did not have a bumper from factory.
@fk45153 ай бұрын
As did our ‘75 F-100
@donaldwilliams22703 ай бұрын
The step sides came with a rare illumined license plate bracket for the 76.5 to 84.5 ford Flair side trucks , Good luck finding one in nice condition !
@danielcadnum72143 ай бұрын
Great video 😊 “That’s a whole Ford truck in a pile. Lol! 😂 Steve’s in good shape. Strong work friend, keep it up looking good. 👍 😊
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
Hahah yea he owns couple gyms of course lol!
@thestuffz3 ай бұрын
that bar on the back of the cab is something my dads truck needed. the idle made a hell of a resonating hum!
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
yup I had one with the same issue at like 30 mph
@QuiltingJeri3 ай бұрын
203 lock light and digital am radio are both new to me. I never knew the purpose of that cab plate either, despite having owned a few Dents with them. What I find interesting are the fender braces. You say oddity yet every 78/79 I have owned has had those braces. I assumed it was just a 78/79 thing as all mine had them. Now I want to learn more about them , along with what trucks got them and why.
@jackwells14523 ай бұрын
Have ever heard of a extendable rear bumper on a1974 f 250camper special?
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
Yes that was in fact an option, we have a couple. I will do a short on those at some point and thanks for asking
@ty20103 ай бұрын
Drop down tag because some states the original location didn't meet visibility requirements when towing, the fender bar because they would sag with some aftermarket additions because brace removal was necessary, thinking it was plow related
@sheldondyck86313 ай бұрын
By 77 these trucks in Canada had a speedometer in kms with mph underneath. I can’t remember if we also got the 85 mph speedometer.
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
Yea it would be interesting to go over all the Canada and USA differences
@GenderSkins3 ай бұрын
actually that license plate mounting bracket was put on trucks that did not come with a bumper from the factory, as some dealerships stocked their own bumpers that had their dealership name stamped into the steel bumper. An example of that might be: Weatherby Ford Brownwood, Texas or say Johnson Ford Dayton, Ohio, or even Carlton Ford Miami, Florida. In those cases where the dealership ordered the truck without a bumper, Ford put a bracket with a license plate light on it to comply with federal regulations and it would come on both a stepside or fleetside bed. Most dealerships just did not remove them, but disabled them after installing their branded bumper.
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
That may have been the case, but the truck here had the bracket because it had the towing bumper as seen in the thumbnail video.
@J.n.A.19933 ай бұрын
Great video! Also, some dentsides have an extra hood hinge brace on the hood, mounted between the hood and hinge. I've owned a 77, 78 and 79 F-150, my aunts owned a 78 and 79 F-150, and my son owns a 79 Bronco, and I've only seen those hood side hinge braces on one of those, and they had factory part numbers. If I can, I'll email some photos.
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
Thanks! Yes, that was in this video... They did come on the full size trucks as well.
@J.n.A.19933 ай бұрын
@@DentsideDepot No, you showed the ones on the inner fenders. I'm speaking of braces that were mounted between the hinges and the hood, on the hood side, not the inner fenders.
@allenshearer3 ай бұрын
My 76 F-150 has that extra license plate bracket.
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
nice!
@BillyLintzenich-wf7sk3 ай бұрын
I just recently bought a 76 f150 4x4 with the np203 and the little silver thing had read "locked" on it while i was driving. The truck has the warn conversion on it too.
@toserveman92653 ай бұрын
One truck I had was a 74' F-350 pickup, had the spare on inside of fleetside bed with a door for access I think
@MikeekiM-vh5se26 күн бұрын
85 mph speedo was a federal mandate, all manufactures had them.. lasted until the early 80's.. It's odd as some vehicles never had the 85 mph speedo while others had,I guess it might be a state to state deal,but the Federal Government did mandate 55 mph and cars with 85 mph speedo's...
@nicklewis72913 ай бұрын
One of mine has the original dealership warranty tag. It's in the one I've had the longest since 1996 when I was 17. I didn't even know it was in there till my son found it just a few days ago. I'm the second owner of that truck. It's my 78 F150 Ranger Lariat.
@terrygugel38033 ай бұрын
Great video, I have the original warranty card in the dash pocket of my 79 Bronco, and 79 f700 I'm the second owner of both trucks, my Bronco has a 100 miles per hour speedometer don't know why,came that way when it was new?
@curtiscf19863 ай бұрын
You want to see a strange option? My 70’ has an Onan generator under the hood. Yes, it still works!
@michaelmcginley18753 ай бұрын
I have the exact same spec light blue 79 explorer as you! Short bed single cab. Mine doesn’t have any residual metallic looking stripes though, mostly white with some orange. really strange how those age.
@alice_in_pains3 ай бұрын
I have the original owners cards for my 1967 Galaxie. Along with a whole cigar box full of original paperwork and manuals the owner kept
@Super1967ford3 ай бұрын
I’ve had them all but the 4 by light, I didn’t even know ford had an all time 4by option
@Guero_Solis2 ай бұрын
I searched for information regarding to the rear bumper light but unfortunately I didn't find anything, if someone knows a link or any kind of information of this light, I would like to know.
@Robrt323 ай бұрын
My 74 has that tag light bracket
@lljegs3 ай бұрын
The license plate mount with light was on trucks when the they weren't ordered with a rear bumper
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
That may have been the case, but the truck here had the bracket because it had the towing bumper as seen in the thumbnail video.
@USMC19843 ай бұрын
I just bought a ‘78 F-250, 351M/400 6.6L with manual transmission with a ‘78 service bed. What is DSO 52?
@terrellfarms13 ай бұрын
How many f-100's have you seen with factory Dana 44 rear axles? my son bought a 79 with 351M/C6 and it has a Dana 44 rearend.
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
Dana 44 rear axle?
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
46 '77 2.72 3.3M Dana (Spicer) 44 47 '77 3.07 3.3M Dana (Spicer) 44 non-locking those were the only two rear 44 option codes. Most had a 9", so that would also be more on the unusual side. I didnt even know until a few months ago you could also get a dana 61 rear, also very unusual
@terrellfarms13 ай бұрын
@@DentsideDepot Yep. I had never seen one before. It looks factory since all the e-brake cables and everything looks stock. Doesn't look hacked up or anything.
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
@@terrellfarms1 It is, they were equipped with it as shown in the codes above. Look on yoiur drivers door tag, if the last numbers on the top line are 46 or 47, then its a factory dana 44 rear F100. Why did Ford do that? I have no idea, the 9" was more than capable to do anything you threw at it.
@terrellfarms13 ай бұрын
@@DentsideDepot So it is most likely a swapped rear end from a 77 f100. I have a 3.50 geared traction-lock 9" to go in it since i don't think the 44 will hold up very long behind the 460 we are building.
@Recommended_by_FredАй бұрын
I would like to know if anyone has seen this one, 1974 Ranger XLT, with A/C and radio delete. The panel around the gauges has the simulated burl wood, and AC vents, and where the radio would be say ford.
@phooesnax3 ай бұрын
Interesting.
@DanEBoyd3 ай бұрын
No holes in a Dentside cab for speakers - only the dash and the doors.
@ScottDLR3 ай бұрын
Good vid. Those idiotic 85 mph speedo's were gov mandated in everything - even the motorcycles I had!
@MrRoundb3 ай бұрын
The 85 MPH a speedometer was two scales
@coreydarr84643 ай бұрын
Did any of the trucks have a TACK?
@fredfuchs35733 ай бұрын
What intakeya got on that six a hoffy
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
dual plane offenhauser
@dewashko3 ай бұрын
That speedo is NOT rare, they are in every Canadian 77.5 and up dentside. Trudeau senior brought in the metric system in Canada and I don't know why they dropped it to 85mph or 130 kmph. As for the low fuel economy light. My 75 F100 had it and the darn thing would give me sunburn it was on so much. 390 truck.
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
I never said it was rare? I just pointed out that they were different depending on the year.... Love that economy light
@fk45153 ай бұрын
The 85 MPH speedometer was a result of Federal law mandating 85 MPH speedometer. Fun fact I have a 1986 Mustang SVO. It has a speedometer where the numbers go up to 85 MPH but there’s hash marks all the way up to 150
@randysrestoration3 ай бұрын
How rare is cruise control on a 1977 150? This was on a loaded 460 truck
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
around 10-20% I believe would have to check
@randysrestoration3 ай бұрын
@@DentsideDepotThanks! Marti Report shows it as a Dealer Demo. Black with Red Interior.
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
@@randysrestoration thats very cool!
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
can you email me the marti report ive never seen that before. dentsidedepot@gmail.com
@randysrestoration3 ай бұрын
@@DentsideDepot will see if i can find it. In process of major shop re-do & everything scattered about. Boxes of stuff everywhere. I also ordered a new 1979 F150 460 with all options. It was Black also. 7250.00 and it was 4x2. What a great truck it was.
@christophertoscano20263 ай бұрын
That is very interesting
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
Fun stuff!
@jonspence678226 күн бұрын
Those are engineering numbers not part numbers
@josephfitzgeraldnsw57943 ай бұрын
I don’t understand why modern vehicles you can’t delete the radio in the entertainment system. I haven’t used a radio in 20 years and I find it really weird that people still use them
@mikesmith-po8nd3 ай бұрын
Cost. It's very rare that someone wouldn't want the radio, and it would cost too much to do it for a handful of vehicles. The only place that you (occasionally) see a radio delete option today is in a heavy duty work truck.
@josephfitzgeraldnsw57943 ай бұрын
@@mikesmith-po8nd I don’t understand why on the infotainment screen you can’t just delete the radio all it is is an app. In my opinion there should be no reason they can’t have that as an option to delete.
@mikesmith-po8nd3 ай бұрын
I agree that they could add a software delete option, but how many people would screw up and delete it by accident? And then want it fixed under warranty. Too much money and hassle for the company. But there's a simple solution: if you don't want to use the radio, just don't turn it on.
@TheAzmountaineer3 ай бұрын
I use mine every day. Maybe your opinion is a small minority, so not enough complaints to add the radio-delete function.
@blaydCA3 ай бұрын
Archives: What a pack rat calls a pile of old parts
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
Hahaha well in my defense if you build a lot of trucks you need a lot of parts. That is just the tip of the iceberg there as well lol
@blaydCA3 ай бұрын
@@DentsideDepot I use that VERY SAME excuse for EVERYTHING I "save just in case". And just like me, I bet you can't find a damn thing when you really need it, and buy MORE 😀
@DentsideDepot3 ай бұрын
@@blaydCA Man everytime I chuck something I regret it later. Any good part stays bottom line
@71FordGator3 ай бұрын
I have to say I like all your short videos and the longer ones where you are working on you project truck. But this one was Great. I worked for a Ford Truck dealership ( eventually a Sterling dealership when Ford sold the heavy truck division) in receiving and shipping truck and car parts all over the world for 31 & 1/2 years and I never knew about that fender bar or the back of the cab sound deadener. Thank You for the very interesting and informative video.