maybe someone can answer this. i have a 92 150 custom but when you run the vin number it says that it is an xl. i ran it through the ford owners site and that is what it told me. i know that no one has changed the badges because i got ti from the original owner. does anyone have a clue?

 

i dont think they had custom models for the 92 year. i think they stopped the custom at 91. from 92-96, they had xl's and xlt's. got a pic of the fender emblem? maybe that will help.

 

92 did have a Custom model, the last year of it. It was the base model, followed by XL and XLT.

 

My 1988 XLT Lariat has:
Power windows and door locks
Air conditioning
Tilt wheel
Power steering
Power brakes
Sliding rear window
Cruise control
AM/FM Casette
Sliding rear window
Body side molding
Tailgate trim cover
Chrome step bumper
Carpeting
Bench seat with fold down arm rest

 

I have a 1992 Custom
4.9l I6
5-speed manual trans
AC
long bed , dual tanks
3.08 open
manual locks and windows
no lower console
rubber floor
220,600 miles going strong

 

Eddie Bauer-1994.5-1996
Nite-1991-1992
Sport 1989-1994 (available in both XL and XLT)
Lightning 1993-1995
Base 1995-1996 (no package indicated)
Custom 1987-1992
XL 1987-1996
XLT Lariat 1987-1996(became XLT in 1992)
Sliding rear window std 1987-1991 XLT Lariat
Tach Standard XLT Lariat 1991 only
M5OD 1987-1996
T18/19 1987-1994
ZF 5-sp 1987-1996
C6 1987-1995
AOD 1987-1994
AOD-E (4R70W) 1995-1996
E4OD 8600gvw+ 1989-1996
E4OD F150/F250LD 1990-1996

There are 2 different codes for each package. The 507A has all the options on XLTs including the Power windows, etc, and the 503A has the trim but did not have the windows/locks. 503A was eliminated for 1994, so all 1994+ XLT's have the same equipment.

XL's had 500A and 501A. The trim is minus from the XLT however Power windows and locks are available.

Custom also had two codes, however I'm not sure what they are.

 

Pastmaster
Where did all that info come from? I've never seen a T-18 or T-19 in anything; rolling or in the junkyards, and I've seen some documentation that neither was available after '84. The only XL Sport ("XLS") I've ever seen was an '84 Bronco.

 

Steve, I have brochures through all the years. My buddy's dad had a 1990 F-150 with a 302 and the T18 4-speed. He ordered it that way for a snow blade. I've seen VERY few F-150s 1987+ with the T18s, and I don't believe ANY F250+ with one from 1987+, however these brochures say they were available.

XLS was a package in the early 1980s Broncos. I have a little bit of information on it in brochures, but not a whole lot. STX was also available in those years aswell, both in the Broncos and F-100/150s. They had their own wheels too.

The later Sport package, as you mentioned in an earlier post, was a blacked-out package. It came with the same roll-bar back bumper as the lightnings did and had custom stripes on the side. I've seen a couple throughout the years, and some had roll-bars as stock equipment.

 

Lots of neat info there Pastmaster. I too am working on getting all the brochures. Just got 80 and 81 left for 80-96. And maybe 97 heavy duty?

My 94 brochure doesn't mention a 4 speed manual; the 93 does though. I've only seen them in person on 93-down too. I think only the T18 was put in these later years.

>>Eddie Bauer-1994.5-1996
That explains the EB F-150 in my town with red hubcaps. AFAIK, these went to black in 95. That was bugging me. That's one thing brochures lack is the .5 stuff.

Interesting too about the tachs and sliding rear windows. Anyone else notice these are more common on 87-91 than other years?

 

Pastmaster
Ever consider scanning & uploading them?

 

My '91 Extended Cab Custom is equipped as follows:

2WD
302ci
5-speed
A/C
P/S
Cruise
Vinyl Bench


No tach
No power windows, mirrors, or door locks
No clock



I was unaware of the limited-slip differentials being standard equipment on these models. How can I tell if my truck has one(other than attempting to lay patch for a block)?

 

They weren't necessarily standard equipment, but just look at the AXLE code on the door sticker - if it starts with "H" (like H9), it's limited slip. Also, if the second position of the second line on the rear axle tag is "L", it's L/S.

 

I have the 1980 brochure as well. It has a tu-tone brown longbed 4x4 regular cab on the cover. I can't remember exactly what the 81 brochure has, but I think it has a brown? shortbed 2wd on the cover. The Eddie Bauer trucks came out about the exact same time the Powerstroke came out in 1994, I remember seeing an advertisement for it, but your right, 1995+ had black caps instead of the red. For the 1997 HD's, you'll have to find a 1997 Commerical trucks brochure, as there isn't a regular brochure for them.

If you look on the back cover of your '92 brochure, the fold out one, you'll see the black sport I was talking about. According to the brochure, the sport package, only available on XLTs, a.k.a. Package B, came with black steel tubular rear bumper, black steel rally bar, halogen off-road lamps, and 80-amp alternator.



Steve, I'll work on that, I know theres plenty of people on this site who'd like to see some pics and options on these trucks, not too mention the color combinations.

 

Neat info there guys.. wow.. wish I could see those old brochures, I've always figured they'd tout the benefits of the Twin I-beam suspension over the 'competition's IFS.

I have some older brochures, my oldest Ford one is for the 1997 F-Series though =( I get a little nostalgic looking at the 1996 GMC trucks brochure.

Just for package comparison, here's what my dad's 1991 Ford F-150 Custom (2wd, standard cab, shortbed) came with.

300 I6, 5 speed on the floor.
Standard dashboard instrumentation (no tach)
light grey dashboard, bench seat, and flooring.
No headliner
No radio
lockable glove box
single bulb dome light
chrome front bumper
steel rear bumper
cargo light
steel wheels with hubcaps

My 1989 F-150 XL (2wd, standard cab, shortbed) came with:

300 I6, 5 speed on the floor
Deluxe intrument display (tach)
medium red interior including cloth headliner, plastic interior trim
and rear cab wall carpeting
vynil flooring
Matching red cloth trimmed door pockets
Soft yellow courtesy dome light and accent map lights
Am/fm cassette clock radio with 6" door speakers
cruise control
lockable glove box
Simulated woodgrain dash bezel trim
Styled steel wheels with red pinstriped accent rings
vynil body molding with chrome stripe accent
chrome front and rear bumpers with black vynil molding

We were told by the dealer when we traded in my 89' for my 94' that my XL was an "upper scale" XL package, that different XL's came with different options depending on how they were ordered. Mine was probably the most loaded an XL came back then except for an automatic tranny.

Oddly enough my 1994 was an XL and included everything my 89' did, except it didn't have the door map pockets and map lights in the dome light. As a 'trade off' I guess, it had an auto tranny and cloth bench seat.

Whats really strange to me now is my 1997 Lariat doesn't even have a locking glove box.

 

All I see for "Axle" on the sticker is 19.