Hey guys, I ran across a 73 F250 in junk yard. Are the hood and doors the same for the 73's as there were for the 75's? The metallic blue is even the same as on mine. Looks the same but need to know for sure. I know the grill was diff but body is basically the same right? Same height and width on the hood and doors? What years did they use the same parts?

Thanks for the help.

Larry

 

Yep, That's why our forums are set-up the way they are.
73-79 parts are inter-changeable.

This is one of Fords trademarks doings.

Run a basic design for 5-6 years, then Change it!

 

Mil1lion, not really the 78-9 trucks had a little quirk, the cabs are slightly different. THe other 73-7 doors will fit but not so well. It's best to find doors within the same sub years, 73-4, 75-7, 78-9.

 

mattsbox99,

How are they different?

 

what about the hoods they should be ok right?

 

Anyone else?

 

I personally don't believe that there is any difference in '73-'79 doors, or hoods, except the obvious trim, letters, and the like, I also don't believe that Ford would be that stupid to engineer different fitting body parts for a particular body style, I firmly believe that ANY door, or hood from a '73 will go right onto a '79 without problems, and any year in between as well.

 

the only thing that will cause poor fit in the different year trucks, is the fact that the tooling from plant to plant, and die to die varried. enough to cause doors to fit not quite right.... ect.

any body pannel from 73-79 will fit the other trucks, sometimes not well though.

 

THanks guys!

BTW THEONLYBULL:

You have duals? cats or no cats? and did you make them yourself? If you did what did you use for piping? my who;e exhaust system is shot, and I need to replace it. But I want dual exhaust not single tail pipe. Can I buy piping from and exhaust shop? I can weld and bend pipe... Why not make my own?

 

Some of the aftermarket panels that can be found on junkyard trucks may not fit as well as the OEM panels. Let's face it, any number of those panels on those trucks may have been replaced by the insurance companies, and you know what parts they like to use...

 

I see what you are concerned with when comparing say an F100 to an F250 and up to say an F600.
The F series trucks used the same size doors and hoods all the way through to the big F 880 as far as I know in the 73- 79 period . I would say the cabs are probably very similar also. I have seen an F600 that had an older looking style dash than an F100 of the same year, otherwise it was the same windshield, back glass, doors and internal cab size.

 

lwkauble

my exaust is basically 2 bends then stright back.
i'm using the manifolds from a LTD (where the motor/tranny came from) which, dump out the back, then i used the down pipes from the car (shortened them a bit). then it's 2 lengths of pipe straight back, to the mufflers, with turn down's on the back...

i want to run the exaust out infront of the back wheels someday, but i haven't gotten around to it yet

 

Thanks! Any ideas where I could get new Exhaust pipe? I'd like to run maybe 3" if I can... I was also thinking of using a set of headers and a modified Shorty H from one of my mustangs, and then adding a modified magnaflow magnapack catback setup (2.5" w/ 3.5 " tips) on there. I would need some extra pipe to do this. As mustangs are shorter than my truck. ( should measure while I'm thinking about it. Anyone know where I could get a set of Long Tube headers for a 360? Thanks.

I will post this in it's own thread for more attention I think. Thanks again.

 

Thank you!

 

i buy my pipe from napa, but any auto supplier should carry it. and exaust shop might carry better quality pipe, and usually they have a bender, which helps alot.