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Old Apr 27, 2020 | 08:46 PM
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How much of my 2020 F350 is Al?

I know the bed and doors...what else...specifically.

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Old Apr 27, 2020 | 08:53 PM
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The whole body....
 
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Old Apr 27, 2020 | 08:53 PM
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If no one answers ,Magnet
 
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Old Apr 27, 2020 | 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Crotchety Ford truck only
If no one answers ,Magnet
Right...if it wasn’t 30 degF and pouring rain I would do that...

So all of cab, roof structure, hood, all quarter panels, etc are Al.

The entire body?
 
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Old Apr 27, 2020 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill Tex
Right...if it wasn’t 30 degF and pouring rain I would do that...

So all of cab, roof structure, hood, all quarter panels, etc are Al.

The entire body?

As answered in post #2. The whole body.
 
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Old Apr 27, 2020 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ford390gashog
As answered in post #2. The whole body.
Cool.

Funny story; we replaced one of our Town’s first responder trucks last year. Someone ordered new magnetic signs for the truck.

They worked on the old truck!
 
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Old Apr 27, 2020 | 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill Tex
Cool.

Funny story; we replaced one of our Town’s first responder trucks last year. Someone ordered new magnetic signs for the truck.

They worked on the old truck!
Yeah the fly by niters around here are having a hard time switching roofing signs to landscape signs, their starting to use the stick on hardware store letters, it appears they haven't learned the trick yet of running painters tape for aligning the bottom of the letters.
 
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Old Apr 28, 2020 | 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill Tex
Right...if it wasn’t 30 degF and pouring rain I would do that...

So all of cab, roof structure, hood, all quarter panels, etc are Al.

The entire body?
And the whole bed...


edit: yeah, I see you mentioned that in the OP now
 
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Old Apr 28, 2020 | 05:37 AM
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When Ford first started using aluminum in pickup trucks-Wasn’t there a period of time where only the bed was aluminum? Or the bed and hood?

Thx.
 
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Old Apr 28, 2020 | 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill Tex
When Ford first started using aluminum in pickup trucks-Wasn’t there a period of time where only the bed was aluminum? Or the bed and hood?

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Not that I'm aware of. Chevy did the whole 'dip your toe' in approach by switching only the parts that were hinged to aluminum (doors, tailgate and hood). The rest of the Chevy body and box are steel. As far as I know, Ford made the switch and it was an 'all in' approach.
 
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Old Apr 28, 2020 | 06:59 AM
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I heard from a 150 owner that the cab corners are plastic. Is this true? Kinda sounds like they are.
 
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Old Apr 28, 2020 | 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by bk4gbay
I heard from a 150 owner that the cab corners are plastic. Is this true? Kinda sounds like they are.
I was going to mention the same thing.
 
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Old Apr 28, 2020 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by bk4gbay
I heard from a 150 owner that the cab corners are plastic. Is this true? Kinda sounds like they are.
Isn't more of just a cover over the actual cab corner? For aesthetics purposes.

And didn't Ford use aluminum for F150 hoods back in the 90s? A buddy of mine had one s few years ago and if memory serves me, the hood corroded in spots like aluminum does.
 
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Old Apr 28, 2020 | 11:42 AM
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I believe the only body part that is still steel is the fire wall. I think this was done because of noise?
 
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Old Apr 28, 2020 | 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by 6.2caribou
Isn't more of just a cover over the actual cab corner? For aesthetics purposes.

And didn't Ford use aluminum for F150 hoods back in the 90s? A buddy of mine had one s few years ago and if memory serves me, the hood corroded in spots like aluminum does.
Aluminum hoods debuted in 97 on the Expedition.
 
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