When the 73-79 trucks were new, what were popular mods people did to them? What type of aftermarket was available for these trucks in the 70's and who supplied it?

 

Uh, gun racks, CB's with the whip antennas, toppers, an under-dash cassette/ 8-track player, an FM converter, maybe a light bar.

Oh yeah, an NRA sticker on the back window.

 

I think the most popular mod, late 70's anyway, was ditch the cat!

Crager wheels, redline tires, glasspacks, Holly carbs, home made rear lift blocks (some were just stacks of 2x4's put in there! ) I think I've seen tube bumpers from then.


All of this is from my future father-in-law who was a 70's gearhead (but a chebby guy). I'm just a 70's model myself

 

JC whitney gauges, Tach and Fuel pressure gauge on hood. Windshield visors and fog lights were also the rage.
Glenn

 

Don't forget Turbine or Slot mags, or whitespoke Jackman rims. Armstrong truetracs, too.

 

headders
chrome side pipes
exhaust stacks (big rig style)
Lift kits
Gumbo mudders
Chrome light bar in the bed, looked like a roll bar,
bug guard on the front of the hood
Button-tucked velour upholstery
Chrome tube grill inserts

 

this is a great thread, i was cracking up after reading gunracks, whip antennaes. YOu mean to tell me no one is going to step forward with a velvet interior or curb feelers.

 

Ive seen airdams below the front bumper, custom paint jobs, fog lights, push bars. Alot of the things we thing are cool now i guess.

 

From what I've been told,

Hurst 3-speed floor shifter conversions
Cragar SS wheels
Glasspacks
Intakes were anything from a Offy 4-brl to 6 1-brl Carters

Wasn't alive then(only 22), but have heard stories since I've picked up this truck.

 

I have dual 44" glasspacks on my truck now! I love the "pocata pocata pocata sound!
On the 74 F35 supercab I used to have I also had glasspacks, a steel pushbar on front and a DUAL whip CB antenneas... I thought I was so cool!

 

mudder tires,rubber fender flares, electric winches, 6inch pipe bumbers, brush bars, off road lights on a lightbar, headers, high rise intake,and a Holley ,chrome stacks wedge shaped speakers or 6x9s in the doors and the allways popular 8 ball shifter ****(s)

 

Just to name a few: Seat covers or sarape @ Western Auto, tint windows from tint supplied by Yellow Front Store, sliding rear glass, fog lights or KC lights (JC Whitney), bug shield by Bug Shield, replace the door lock ***** with Yellow Front *****, Jensen Speakers with box (JC Whitney), Midland hi power CB, Dual Exhaust with California Turbos @ local muffler shop, Black Jack Headers (Napa or ACE?), chrome mud flap (Western Auto), BF Goodrich Radial tires, running boards, the plastic cup holder mounted on door window opening @ Western Auto, Gun Rack @ JC Whitney, Winch @ JC Whitney, & custom chrome steering wheel with chrome horn kit.

 

What . . . no fuzzy dice and ghost flames?

 

Interior color matched "mood lighting" under the dash. A homemade plywood speaker box above the windshield covered with **** carpeting with 6x9's mounted along with the C.B. and equilizer to go with the "new" cassette deck. Foam pipe insulation on the shifters. The "Ford" decal across the top of the windshield. Window decal that reads "you toucha my truck I breaka you face" Old ax handle on display in the gun rack. No catalytic converters.

 

Whats with the pipe insulation on the shifters? Is there a point to that? I see it alot.