The Swiss cheese frame of the 1980 & 81 trucks was replaced by a solid frame.(See pictures of the 1983 Bronco survivor. And, the hose that goes from the compressor to the evaporator went straight back to the firewall and across it rather than angling across the engine as it did previously. The A/C system changed, with the round FS6 compressor replacing the twin-piston York or Techumseh.Twin Cities was still using slide locks as late as 07/81.Kansas City produced trucks in 03/81 with slide locks, but by 04/81 had gone to pins.It looks like door locks changed fairly close to 03/81 in most plants, but not in all of them. However, like the turn signal lenses, that date isn't precise. Door Locks: The 1980 trucks all had slide door locks, and the parts catalog says that the cutover date for 1981 trucks was a build date of 3/81.Or, said another way, out of 7 plants in North America producing 1981 Ford trucks, only 2 used clear lenses at all for that production year, and they stopped using them in September and October. However, from what I can tell only the Twin Cities and Norfolk plants used clear lenses for '81 trucks, and it appears that Twin Cities changed to amber lenses in September of 1980 and Norfolk changed by October of 1980. Ford's Master Parts Catalog says clear lenses were used before 12/80 and amber lenses were used after 12/80. Amber turn signals: The 1980 trucks had clear turn signal lenses and amber bulbs.In it my friend Paul said "The printed circuit for the 1980 models is green, and is wired differently than the 81-86, which has a red PCB." Wiring: The instrument wiring was different for the 1980 trucks, as described in this thread.Given that, I'm attempting to document some of the more obscure thereof: While to most people the 80 - 86 trucks are all the same, there were some significant changes along the way as well as many insignificant ones. So, to me, the 80 - 86's are the last classic Ford trucks. And the result was a much more modern look that, to me, is more European than American. In 1987 Ford went to great lengths to improve the aerodynamics, and that took bringing the headlights flush with the grille so no air was captured, rounding the corners with much larger turn signals, etc. They are typically considered to be the last of the "classic" Ford trucks, due to the fact it had features such (as) glass headlights." While I'm not sure that they have "reached classic car status", I do think it will happen soon as I strongly agree with the Wikipedia author about them being the last of the classic trucks. You might ask why I got hooked on these trucks, and the answer might lie in what Wikipedia says of the 1980 - 86 trucks: " These trucks are considered amongst enthusiasts to be the last generation of great trucks built by Ford and are now beginning to become popular amongst restorers as the models have just reached classic car status. (I sold the '82 for probably half what I had in it since there were many, many problems.)
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(Don't buy a truck that doesn't run - at least not without full expectation that many, many more things are wrong than what you are being told.) Originally the intent was to learn about them so I could restore Dad's truck when the time came, but I actually got hooked on these trucks - and now how two 1981's, having sold the '82. Hoping that some day it might come to me, I got into that era of Ford trucks by buying a 1982 F150 Explorer that hadn't run in two years, and hadn't run well in many years. Why am I "into" these the 1980 - 86 Ford trucks? Well, one of my father's favorite things, after his family, was his 1981 F150, which is shown above. Entrant #25: Bruce moose4x4's 1996 BroncoĮntrant #27: Troy/66gtk's 1983 F150 XL SWB 4x2Įntrant #30: Mehmetcelikel's Brownie DuallyĮntrant #31: Kristopherdb's 1985 Flairside 4x4Įntrant #35: Dan aka dblohowiak's 1986 F250HDĮntrant #38: Jonathan's 1986 F350 short bed crew cab IDIĮntrant #51: Ken & Kathy's 1985 Flareside
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