Greetings, all.

I just signed up here. Great forum.

A few days ago I acquired my first old Ford, a 72 F100. After years of searching and walking away from a few, I found the perfect truck for me. (Or did it find me?) I am one happy guy

As soon as I figure out how to populate my account with pics I upload a few. Until then there are a few below.

Looking forward to learning from the forum members.

 

Welcome aboard! Very nice truck!

Mac

 

Beautiful truck! And welcome aboard!

 

Welcome to FTE looks like a very nice find !

 

My parents took me to Hershey when i was like 10 (1976) did the factory tour etc and to this day i remember the whole town smelling of chocolate !!

 

Wheel covers and medium blue vinyl & cloth seat part of optional Explorer package.

Nameplate on quarter panel (I cannot make out what it says) will say Explorer.

 

Glad you joined! Nice truck! Beautiful color! Cute dog! ND.....didn't the Explorers come with a hood ornament, also?

 

Yes, they sure did, beginning in 1973. There's no hood ornament for any truck listed in the 1964/72 Ford Truck Parts Catalog, none.

The repro parts sellers have them listed for 1961/72's. There are two types, one is actually a 1957 Ford car hood ornament (B7A-16850-A).

The other is actually a front fender ornament (C2DZ-16178-A) for a 1962/63 Falcon.

Both sorta fit the hood curvatures, why the repop sellers list them. But neither is original or correct.

 

Wow, I'm learning something already--excellent!
Thanks for the warm welcome. I suspected so much from classic Ford truck enthusiasts. (Everyone I've dealt with during this process has been great.)

Now on to learn about original bumpers. Looks like the only thing I need to replace on this old gem.

 

Welcome to FTE. That is an awesome looking truck!

Jim