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Feb 19, 2013 | 09:06 PM

68cabby

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difference in bedrails

Curious what was the difference between the bolt on and the bedrails that slid into the bedpost slots? Besides the obvious

Feb 19, 2013 | 09:21 PM

68cabby

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And i know these rails were offered through 97, but what was the difference in the
D0TZ-9932230-A rails (lwb) and the D3TZ-9932230-B rails (lwb)

Feb 20, 2013 | 05:44 AM

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I know these rails were offered through 97,

but what was the difference in the D0TZ-9932230-A rails (lwb) and the D3TZ-9932230-B rails (lwb)

Same: 1970/91 F100/350 Stylesides, will also fit 1964/66 F100/250 2WD, 1966 F100 4WD and 1967/69's / 1992/96 F150/350, 1997 F250/350 don't mount on the stake pockets, use different stanchions, the rails have 'pointy' ends.

D0TZ was replaced by D3TZ / D3TZ was replaced by E0TZ / E0TZ was replaced by: E7TZ-9932230-A 8' kit & E7TZ-9932230-B 6 1/2' kit.

Coupla years ago, FTE member Phil105 contacted me, was looking for a 6 1/2' bed 'dealer installed' bedrail kit, bought the E7TZ-B kit for his 1970 F100 Ranger XLT. Pics in his gallery.

I then posted both these 1987 part numbers and the sources that had them NOS / As of 2/20/2013 @ 4:23 AM PST, there are 3 E7TZ-B 6 1/2' kits available and 2 E7TZ-A 8' kits available.

Carpenter has reproduced the bed rails, but wants a lot more money than the genuine Ford kits sold for...when they were obsoleted.

And, the dealers are STUCK with the kits, cuz they cannot be returned to FoMoCo for credit. I don't recall what Phil paid, but it was far less than the last MSRP

E7TZ-9932230-A .. 8' Kit - Last MSRP: $154.00 / Dealer net cost: $116.00 /// E7TZ-9932230-B .. 6 1/2' Kit - Last MSRP: $258.98 / Dealer net cost: $172.65.

Feb 20, 2013 | 07:57 AM

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Wonder why they kept changing numbers around if the rails were essentially the same. I thought carpenter didn't have the rights to them yet? At least its been discussed that they didn't