I have numerous questions on a truck I want to restore . I am only 22 but learned to drive in a 1982 f150 5spd manual transmission with the 300 straight six! I have never found a truck I liked bettter. . . So like anyone else who wants PA truck they had when they were younger I wanted to find a similar . So I searched for about two months and bought a 4x4 explorer package which seems to have some mystery about it. I want to make it original but can't find many parts for my truck.

 

Welcome to FTE... IMO you should be able to find a fair number of parts easily, but not everything and especially not certain trim items.

I don't know that a 5-speed was ever installed by the factory for an F150; I know they came in the heavier GVWR trucks with the bigger engines in later years, but not with a straight 6 in the lower-GVWR 150.

What, exactly, are you looking for?

 

Welcome to the forum, 1982 f150 explorer! The 1982 F150 would more likely have a 4 speed maual O.D., but as ctubutis said, it may have been modified by a previous owner.

What are you looking for with regards to parts? Maybe someone can help you.

 

Sorry, I'm a farm boy . It's actually was a four speed with overdrive. And I'm looking for a long bed with the explorer tail gate in decent condition and the bench seat . I'm also looking for the explorer trim specifics. I have no idea what package it has though due to I can't find a brochure on it. Btw I'm actually restoring a 1982 f 150 4x4 LB " explorer special" 300i6 4 speed manual ( seems more like a 3spd with a granny low though ).

 

The Explorer package... Ralph used to be able to explain that really well (but he hasn't been here in years). It's just a trim package but I forget the details of the included items; IIRC there weren't many of them built/produced and nobody these days duplicates things such as the tape striping kits and emblems.

Maybe somebody will be able to point you to more specific information, I don't have anything offhand, sorry.

 

Welcome to the forum!

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...te-design.html

 

The 5spds weren't installed factory in the 80-86 F100/F150/Bronco's, they were after 1988/1989 though. They used the M5OD-R2.

 

Welcome to the forum!
I did some digging for you about what each Explorer package has, at least for 1981...

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/4...ml#post3538849

Also, heres a thread with pictures of Explorers, one or two are 82's
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ll-2011-a.html

 

Thank you very much all of you! So far from my own research I've done so far the truck I found is fairly rare and I can't even find the original brochure for the 82 explorer package. I'd really like to keep everything as original as I can about my truck .

 

What is that report called that he can get that will tell him what the truck had when it left the factory?
Dave - - - -

 

Sometimes, under the seat is a copy of the build sheet.

 

The Marti Report, from Kevin Marti.

https://www.martiauto.com/martireports.cfm

They cost about $30-$50 IIRC and just provide the same information that's in the Build Sheet but in a more readable format.

 

and he has the build sheet?
Dave ----

 

You used to send a letter to Ford and they replied back for free with a nice, consumer-readable report on how the thing was built.

Ford sold all of that information to Kevin Marti, I guess someplace around 2010.

He now provides that service (plus others) for a cost, check out his web site.

Ford will keep records for only so long.

 

Oh you were saying the report is the build sheet that you can read...got it.
I thought you meant he has a build sheet but the report would put it in a readable print.
Dave ----