79-80 crossover
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From: Lost In a Pit of Despair
79-80 crossover
I've got a quick question for you guys.
A customer came into the NAPA store that I work at the other day, and tried to order a fuel pump for his F150. He swears up and down that the title says it is a 79 truck, but the body is definitely a bullnose. In the past he had issues ordering parts because of the differences in the trucks over the generation change. I know that it is not a 79, so I always look up parts for an 80 and not a 79 and everything is peachy.
So what I'm wondering, is if a early 80 bullnose could have been titled as a 79?
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It's really just for my sake. Curiosity really.
Thanks
Jameson
A customer came into the NAPA store that I work at the other day, and tried to order a fuel pump for his F150. He swears up and down that the title says it is a 79 truck, but the body is definitely a bullnose. In the past he had issues ordering parts because of the differences in the trucks over the generation change. I know that it is not a 79, so I always look up parts for an 80 and not a 79 and everything is peachy.
So what I'm wondering, is if a early 80 bullnose could have been titled as a 79?
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It's really just for my sake. Curiosity really.
Thanks
Jameson
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I imagine it could have been built in 1979 but still a 1980 model, they start assembling the next year's vehicles in September or thereabouts. You'd really want to look at the Certification Label on the driver's side door jamb, the Manufacturing Date will be in the top-left corner, the Model Year code is encoded in the VIN (I forget which character, though).
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From: Lost In a Pit of Despair
does the title say your truck is a 85 or an 86?
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The title says 1986. It was manufactured 9/27/1985 according to the door sticker at the Oakville, Ontario plant. I also have the first edition original 1986 F series owners manual with the truck, too. I was surprised to find that in the glove box.
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Both of my trucks are titled as 81's. Back in the 50's & 60's the next year of vehicles was introduced in September.
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If it's really a 1980 (no kind of weird body/frame swap) and is really titled as a 1979, then it pretty much has to be in error. The most likely scenario I can think of is that it was sold very early in the production run, and whoever typed up the original title just typed in '1979' like they'd been doing all year, instead of '1980' (sort of like the first check or two you write in a new year). There was probably no computer verification of the VIN back then, so the error could easily have gone undetected and uncorrected.
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Like was said in one of the previous posts, the title is just a document generated by the state to keep track of the vehicle and it's ownership. It really has nothing to do with what model the truck is. They also have GVWR numbers that can be put on the title that having everything to do with fees, and nothing to do with the actual GVWR of the vehicle itself.
The VIN on the truck has the last word unless the cab has been swapped.
The VIN on the truck has the last word unless the cab has been swapped.
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From: Lost
1980 was last year of the older 10 digit VIN system. The newer 17 digit VIN has a model year designation built in, but that didn't start till 81, at least on trucks.
Fun fact, typing my 80 F150 VIN into most VIN decoders will result in it being identified as a 1970 F150, and the F150 did not come into existance until 1975.........
I suspect the title is wrong, and has been since since it was first issued, due to a typo by the original clerk.
Fun fact, typing my 80 F150 VIN into most VIN decoders will result in it being identified as a 1970 F150, and the F150 did not come into existance until 1975.........
I suspect the title is wrong, and has been since since it was first issued, due to a typo by the original clerk.
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Yours was made at the same plant as mine several months after mine. Mine was a February truck from that plant. Don't know what day specifically though, just says 2/85.
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If you look at the clear overlay just above the door sticker it self where the date is, very faintly there is the specific date.