'51-52 dashboards
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'51-52 dashboards
I'm just curious, are the interiors and dashboards different between the '51 and '52. I have had a couple of '51 and '52 parts trucks at different times and have never noticed any differences but someone on a different board mentioned that they were different. As you can see from my signature I am more into the '48-50s I don't know much about the "newer" ones.
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Are you thinking of my comment on fordbarn? I was trying to explain the difference between the '48-'50's and the '51-'52's. If I muddied the water like that I'd better go back and add a post.
I thought '51-'52 was the same unless someone here can straighten us out......
I thought '51-'52 was the same unless someone here can straighten us out......
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I Have both and they are exsactly alike. Maybe the ***** are different, but I don't think so. The guages are the same, the radio hole, grill trim and everything is the same. The '51 doesn't have an ash tray though, and I've seen a picture of one with a V in it. Maybe someone knows what the deal is with that?
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mtflat,
Yeah, that's the post I was thinking about. I had always thought the '51-52 where the same, body wise. I went back and read your post again and figured out what you meant. You failed to mention the one major outside difference between the '48-50 and the '51-52 is the back window, but hey, that's why my wife thinks I'm obsessed with these truck
Yeah, that's the post I was thinking about. I had always thought the '51-52 where the same, body wise. I went back and read your post again and figured out what you meant. You failed to mention the one major outside difference between the '48-50 and the '51-52 is the back window, but hey, that's why my wife thinks I'm obsessed with these truck
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They are the same. If they were different wouldn't the shop manual say the difference? The person could have just been mistaken. It would be like saying the grill on a '48-50 Mercury is the same as the Ford.
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I parted a 51 and a 52 and they were identical, interior wise. The 51 did have a ashtray just like the 52 did. The trim piece on those always get nasty and pitted, at least they do here in Connecticut!
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