What are the chances of finding a radiator support for a 1965 F-100 that is solid with no rust outs? Mine has rust on each end behind the headlights.I guess this is a bad place for rust just like the floor board supports under the cab!!!!

 

I live here in the rust belt, and I'd say the further south and/or west you go, your chances are better.

 

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dane, how about splaining the difference to me. They sure look the same to me. Did one come from a 6 and the other an 8?

John

 

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Alrighty my good man, clear your good name. You started by warning that they are different, and now you declare that they are the same. I've not been able to tell a difference, so I asked you to splain yourself, and you are trying to confuse me even more.

John

 

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I'll bet that the oem number for the 66 is the same as the 65. To my knowlege (I watch espn2) the only difference in the year mod. is the grill, and some trim.

The 6cyl uses a smaller rad. than the 8cyl, and has a bolted in panel for it. I don't know where the confusion is comming from. The support is the same. The six to six and the eight to eight rad. are the same. You have a wrong part there some where.

Look in your book. Most of those trucks had 352s the rest had sixes, there may have been two sixes available and requires a different rad.

 

I was told that a 1965 and 1966 were different in regards that the battery box and the radiator were different, so which support you use these also have to be used!!

 

Well Russ ol boy, it looks like Dane took his toys and went home. The support, I beleive is the same from 62-66. I have seen them listed that way at swap meets. The battery box and further rad. supports are all bolted on. If I were selling you one I wouldn't sell you the battery box anyway. They have been sold for $50.00 at some meets. You are correct in that the main cab supports and rad. supports are one of the weak places on all Fords of that vintage. If you can find a solid support check it out, and see if there are any differences that are not bolted on.

John