Hello all, new poster here. I just bought this 1995 Ford F-150 XL 4x4 (pics below). The body needs a lot of work and I'm planning to fix it up. The truck has an interesting decal/pinstriping combination on both rear quarter panels that say "ALPINE" and "4x4" with a line drawing of 3 mountain peaks. I've been googling to try to identify what "Alpine" meant, but I only get results for Alpine stereos. Anyone recognize this? Is it a trim package or some sort of dealer pinstriping? It's integrated into the pinstriping that runs the length of the truck, so I think it probably came from either the factory or the dealer. BTW, the truck has the 5 liter with the manual tranny. Thank you.



1995 Ford F-150 XL Alpine 4x4

Closeup of 1995 Ford F-150 XL Alpine 4x4 decal/pinstriping

 

you try looking your vin # up, or how many owners before you, trace back to where it was delivered, quite a few states have alpine in name, wy, nj, tx, ca, wi

 

It's not factory.

 

Thanks for the feedback. I did a free vin check and see these 3 history entries:

06/27/1995 - Independent Source
VEHICLE MANUFACTURED AND SHIPPED TO DEALER

12/17/1997 - US Dept. Of Transportation (BUFFALO, NY)
IMPORTED TO THE US / VEHICLE ORIGINALLY MANUFACTURED FOR NON US MARKET

03/09/1998 - 25,239 miles
Local Motor Dept. (ULSTER, PA) TITLE(Title #:51621512) (Lien Reported)

So I'm guessing it was sold in Canada originally, based on it being imported into Buffalo 2 years later. Maybe it was owned by "Alpine Canada". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Canada