I'm trying to find out what model Ford truck was used in the movie: To Live and Die in LA.

The lead character, Richard Chance, drove what looked like a 4x4 blue Ford pick-up, but no badges were shown (i.e.f-150, etc).

Additionaly, there is the question of which bed, and package it was.

I'd really like to know what is was, as I'd like to try and find one to buy, providing of course it was not a custom-movie-only job.

Thanks in advance..

 

Great movie... Bed had storage compartment on the lower rear fender, access door between p/s rear tire and p/s door. wish they still had those.

 

If you can find a clip on You Tube that shows the truck, post a link here and I bet folks will identify it for you very quickly.

Other cool old Ford tucks featured in movies recently:

1) An awesome late 1950's F250 in "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief"
2) A cool 1960's F150 in "I am Number Four"

(sorry I'm a science fiction freak and have HBO on demand)

 

In fact, a quick Google search yielded this picture from the movie, complete with silly 80's douche-bag standing in front of it, what's the fringed scarf for? If this is the truck you want then it is definitely a Ford and obtainable.

 

1973/79 F100/350 Regular Cab. Cannot differentiate anything else from the pic...except it is not a 1973/76 F350 Super Camper Special, or 1977/79 F350 Camper Special. Both these trucks were on the 140" wheelbase.

Ford dropped "Super" after 1976.

 

Holy old thread Batman!!

But since we're here....

 

The grille was used 1978/79, so it could be either year.

 

dude
thats grissom from C.S.I.

 

Didn't the early 78's have round sealed beam headlights, and later 78's and 79's gained square sealed beam headlights? Looks like the truck in the movie has square head lights.

 

Rectangular headlamps & round headlamps were both available in 1978/79. Rectangular headlamps predominated in 1979.

You see more rectangular lamps, as many of the 'stripper' Customs w/their round headlamps were sold as fleet vehicles, most were driven into the ground.

 

This truck is a frankenstien.

It's got a inside cab gas tank that wasn't avaliable in 1978-1979 F-250's (What I suspect it is) due to the FMVSS (Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards). It's got a factory round gas cap used 1973-1976 instead of the proper fuel filler doors used in 1977-1979. The square door is a aftermarket tank addition...

This I would guess would make it a 1973-1977 F-250 Highboy with a 1978-1979 grille in it.

Why I say this...

The 1973-1977 F-250 "highboy" 4x4's had a standard in cab gas tank.
There was no F-350 4x4s untill 1979.
There was no in cab gas tanks in 1979.
The 1977-1979 had fuel filler doors, and this truck shows the 1973-1976 round cap.

This is as close as I would be able to come to a guess.
The truck has been totally messed with...

 

Very good eye on that fuel tank filler!

 

https://www.ford-trucks.com/articles...n-ford-trucks/

 

I like that this thread has been resurrected twice.