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Mar 2, 2017 | 05:32 PM

swoosh1958

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GRILL OPTIONS "65/66"

According to the MPC. My grill could be a "66" Even though people have said it is a "65" only. Is that correct?

Mar 2, 2017 | 06:05 PM

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According to the MPC. My grill could be a "66" Even though people have said it is a "65" only. Is that correct?

That's a 65 grille. I've never seen a stock 65 with the 66 style grille, although I've seen several trucks that were claimed to be a 65 that had the 66 grille on them.
Someone told me it was because the 65 grilles were not available? I haven't looked for one, but I find that hard to believe.

Mar 2, 2017 | 06:21 PM

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I am thinking Ford had left over grills and on early models" 66" they may have used them?
Great job on the F4!

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Mar 2, 2017 | 07:02 PM

NumberDummy

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September 1965, FoMoCo obsoleted the 1965 grilles, replaced them with 1966 grilles for use as "service part replacements."

Mar 2, 2017 | 09:20 PM

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Not that I have the slightest idea what an array is in a cad program but that is what a layman calls a copy and paste error. If you look at the labeling of the FORD letters they all say 1965/66 and then to the right the grill has the same pasted 1965/66 labeling.

Mar 2, 2017 | 10:59 PM

Jolly Roger Joe

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I am thinking Ford had left over grills and on early models" 66" they may have used them?
Great job on the F4!

Bill explains it in the next post.

Thanks for the F4 comment. I had fun learning about that one, and now I'm starting over.

Mar 2, 2017 | 11:49 PM

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I have a 66 grille on my 64 but it doesn't look like all the other 66 grilles I've seen.
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Mar 3, 2017 | 04:23 AM

jowilker

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swoosh1958 One can speculate all day long on stuff like that but that's a 65 grill.

John

Mar 3, 2017 | 07:43 AM

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gangstakr

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And neither does the steering wheel.

John

You have a good eye jowilker.
How ya been?

Mar 3, 2017 | 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by swoosh1958

I am thinking Ford had left over grills and on early models" 66" they may have used them?
Great job on the F4!

Swoosh - Your VIN, if you are talking about the one you had transported, is

F10AL888678 = assembled July 1966.

Definitely not an early truck at all. Quite late in production.

Here's some good reading, too, but doesn't apply to anything less than F700.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-please-2.html

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Mar 3, 2017 | 03:23 PM

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swoosh1958

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This is the only reason I asked. Thanks for all the input. You guys have some sweet rides btw.

Mar 3, 2017 | 03:24 PM

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swoosh1958

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Chad, you are going to hurt yourself remembering every ones VIN information. Lol!

Mar 3, 2017 | 03:31 PM

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Gangstakr, why is yours different? Customized? Sweet ride.

Mar 3, 2017 | 03:36 PM

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This is the only reason I asked. Thanks for all the input. You guys have some sweet rides btw.

^ Parts catalog error.^ Caption should read 1965/66 for 1966 grille, not 1965 grille.

Scroll down to 8200 in pic: Parts catalog grille applications for 1965/66, notice it lists 1966 part numbers, says slot pattern (1966) replaced square pattern (1965).

March 1965, I bought a new F100 Standard Cab. In September 1965, I ordered a 1965 anodized grille to replace the painted grille. Ford sent C6TZ-8200-B, said it replaced C5TZ-8200-B

I returned it.

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