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Old Jun 9, 2019 | 03:15 PM
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Does anyone know the difference in a 53-54 valance \stone guard and a 55-56??? I ordered a 56 for my 56 f100. The box says 55-56 but there is a blue oval sticker on it that says 53-54. My old one is rusty ,mangled, bent ,but I can find no difference in looks or measurements. Thanks Dean , 56exp
 
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The area where the park lights mount is the major difference.
 
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Old Jun 9, 2019 | 05:26 PM
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A 54 valance has holes in it for the two beautiful vertical pieces that some haters call fangs!

 
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Old Jun 10, 2019 | 06:10 AM
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Thanks for the info ,it has no holes for uprights and the park light indents and holes are the same.Any other measurements are the same also. I am sure I have a 56 valence. Thanks again Dean
 
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Old Jun 10, 2019 | 07:50 AM
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Ford replaced the 1953/55 lower grille panel many moons ago with the 1956 lower grille panel (B6C-8188-A).

This had to be before 1964, as this was the last time the 1948/56 truck catalog was printed.

Wow, that was 55+ years ago, time flies when you're having fun. How many of y'all remember these 1964 bumper stickers: AuH20 - LBJ464

See 8188 in pic:

 
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Originally Posted by NumberDummy
Ford replaced the 1953/55 lower grille panel many moons ago with the 1956 lower grille panel (B6C-8188-A).



Wow, that was 55+ years ago, time flies when you're having fun. How many of y'all remember these 1964 bumper stickers: AuH20 - LBJ464
I don't remember the bumper stickers but They are for Barry Goldwater for President and Lyndon Johnson for Pres. What does the 464 mean?
 
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I don't remember the bumper stickers but They are for Barry Goldwater for President and Lyndon Johnson for Pres. What does the 464 mean?
LBJ464 = LBJ for 1964. He won in a landslide. Goldwater supporters said 25 million people (the number that voted for him) cannot be wrong.

I was 20 in 1964, but couldn't vote, because back then you had to be 21 to vote for the prez candidate of your choice. Gov't changed the voting age to 18 several years later.
 
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I know an old thread. 53 was by itself, 54 was by itself, 55 and 56 by themselves. I was trying to figure out what the front stone guard, I found in the attic of the garage, would fit. Got it last Century when I worked at a Ford dealership. Ordered it for my 54. Was years before I took it out of the box and saw it was wrong. So now I have a 55-56 one in the garage.
 
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