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Old Jul 4, 2020 | 09:24 PM
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Does anyone have any resources for finding parts that are particularly helpful? I'm hoping to pick up some F500 or similar doors from a 73-79 to add thumb button door handles to my 2nd gen Bronco. I have a lot of places to find parts for my Bronco, but there doesn't seem to be much crossover with parts sources. The local wrecking yards don't even have any larger trucks. Basically I'm not even sure where to start looking other than https://truckpartsinventory.com/ that someone has linked me to.
 
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In most years, the doors and much of the cab is shared with pickups.
 
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Old Jul 4, 2020 | 11:35 PM
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https://vanderhaags.com/detailview.p...IaAis8EALw_wcB

Or C&Htruck.com
 
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In most years, the doors and much of the cab is shared with pickups.
Yep, that's the point. The body lines should line up, but the big truck doors have a different door handle setup that I want. Wifey struggles to open the normal dentside door handles by rotating them up 90 degrees or whatever it is when they are above shoulder height. Also I like the thumb button style handles better anyway.

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Thanks, I'll check them out.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2020 | 07:23 PM
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C&H looks like they have quite a few cabs for parts. I'm not sure how shipping works out though. I'll need to call them and see what they can do.
 
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Doors are the same: 1973/77 F500/800 & 1978/79 F600/800. No F500's after 1977.
 
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