F-130?!?
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I bought it myself , and there was no manual , I looked on the tags and vin plate , but no info about the towing weight.
Now I'm back in Holland , waiting for the truck to arrive.
I will order a manual , but I doubt the DMV here will give me a towing weight. They normally want to see the towings specs for that speciffic car , not in general.
But I will bring them all information and pics I can find
Now I'm back in Holland , waiting for the truck to arrive.
I will order a manual , but I doubt the DMV here will give me a towing weight. They normally want to see the towings specs for that speciffic car , not in general.
But I will bring them all information and pics I can find
Tuned
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From: Warren, Texas
If you get an original 1976 F-Series Truck owner's manual, it would be kinda difficult for them to debate the numbers. Tell them "this was the manual that came with the truck." Just don't mention anything about the vin actually classifying it as an F130.... that will just confuse them and likely complicate things. It's an F150... so show them the data in the owner's manual under F100/150. It says you can tow up to 2000 lbs. If your truck is equipped with a towing package which would include the monster-sized radiator, then it appears (if I'm reading it right) that you can tow up to 6000 lbs.
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I have one also and I'm looking at selling it but I have yet to get any real info on this.
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I love factory oddballs. There is a verified Dana 70 equipped early 80s F250 sitting in a junkyard near my house.
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If you go to https://www.fordification.net/tech/vin.htm and go to f13 it says f150 "special". This doesn't really give more information about it but it does give us what it is called.
5th Wheeling
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This should help you alot. It will tell you every aspect of the truck (warranty plate on door, not door jam or frame) its how i figured out my dark brown 1976 f150 8 lug with a 460 and np435 with 3.50 limited slip rear end:
https://www.fordification.net/tech/vin.htm
https://www.fordification.net/tech/vin.htm
Last edited by Salteen; Jul 16, 2024 at 03:52 PM. Reason: Typo
Cargo Master
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Originally Posted by Salteen
This should help you alot. It will tell you every aspect of the truck (warranty plate on door, not door jam or frame) its how i figured out my dark brown 1876 f150 8 lug with a 460 and np435 with 3.50 limited slip rear end:
https://www.fordification.net/tech/vin.htm
https://www.fordification.net/tech/vin.htm
If you read thru this entire thread (and I think there's another thread) it's been thoroughly beaten like a dead horse lol
Tuned
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From: Warren, Texas
I'm pretty sure a 460 in a Supercab was not uncommon. My parents had a 77 F150 Supercab with the 460... just one they picked off the lot at Raiford Motors. They only kept it a couple of years as it got 8 mpg. Later, they ordered an E150 Supervan (the long one) with a 302 and the manual OD transmission... which got 16 mpg for a big van (just not a lot of get-up and go).
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I decoded the VIN and all the codes you typed from the Warranty Plate. There are several other anomalies, too.