F-130?!?
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Originally Posted by wildbill33
OK, then... An update: I spoke to the Ford representative that helped me last week and apparently the research department lost my request, so we'll have to wait another week, However She said that after my call last week she went home and asked her father about it because it was such an unusual question. He was a mechanic for years and worked for a Ford dealership or something, and his take is that its military. Military?!?
Either way we should know for sure by next week.
Either way we should know for sure by next week.
I have the (film) slides, nothing listed there.
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Whoops. Sorry I haven't responded in a while. My email program has been tossing these replies in the 'junk' folder so I had assumed interest had just died off. At any rate, maybe interest has died off... at Ford anyway. Response from Big Blue has been non-existent. After such a promising start when I was told it would just be a few days 'till the 'research department' gets back to me, I haven't heard anything. I called back and spoke to the same woman who helped me the first time and she said she'd get right on it... still nothing.
So I'm still trying, but I'm beginning to wonder if this is just a mystery that'll go unsolved.
-Bill
So I'm still trying, but I'm beginning to wonder if this is just a mystery that'll go unsolved.
-Bill
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Or maybe they do, and they don't want you to know the reason. If the truck is authentic, than definately a rare truck. I just wonder, why still try to make it an F150 with F250 suspension? Just say its an F250. Makes you wonder though.
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Originally Posted by wildbill33
Whoops. Sorry I haven't responded in a while. My email program has been tossing these replies in the 'junk' folder so I had assumed interest had just died off. At any rate, maybe interest has died off... at Ford anyway. Response from Big Blue has been non-existent. After such a promising start when I was told it would just be a few days 'till the 'research department' gets back to me, I haven't heard anything. I called back and spoke to the same woman who helped me the first time and she said she'd get right on it... still nothing.
So I'm still trying, but I'm beginning to wonder if this is just a mystery that'll go unsolved.
-Bill
So I'm still trying, but I'm beginning to wonder if this is just a mystery that'll go unsolved.
-Bill
Try contacting the Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village for the info..they have extensive historical records on Fords of all years.
Since the truck does have a Vehicle Identification Number, I still believe this was custom made for a Ford Executive. It's just the records are lost...so far. If Henry Ford II (aka The Deuce) had this truck at one time, you can bet there's photographs somewhere in the Ford Archives. Where are those archives? Greenfield Village.
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see what happens when you search google for F130.
Besides this thread coming up..there is this page.
It seems there is an F130 in Alberta now.
http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtop...a6a8897c5a4834
Then there is this from the news groups alt.autos.ford
Quote:
>I have a 79 Ford F130 pickup. For some reason I have a bitch of a
> time getting gas into the gas tank. It seems to always lock up in the
> filler hole and wont go down. I have to pump it in real slow and only
> if the truck is parked downhill will it go in. The hose from the
> filler to the tank does gu uphill over the frame, and is a bit
> flattened, but not pinched off. For some reason it seems that the air
> cant escape. This is a major pain in the butt. Does anyone have any
> suggestions how to fix this, and is there some way to temporarily make
> it easier to get gas in there, because the weather is too cold to
> repair it now. I was wondering what would happen if I put a small
> 1/4" hose into the filler to let the air escape????
Unquote]
Besides this thread coming up..there is this page.
It seems there is an F130 in Alberta now.
http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtop...a6a8897c5a4834
Then there is this from the news groups alt.autos.ford
Quote:
>I have a 79 Ford F130 pickup. For some reason I have a bitch of a
> time getting gas into the gas tank. It seems to always lock up in the
> filler hole and wont go down. I have to pump it in real slow and only
> if the truck is parked downhill will it go in. The hose from the
> filler to the tank does gu uphill over the frame, and is a bit
> flattened, but not pinched off. For some reason it seems that the air
> cant escape. This is a major pain in the butt. Does anyone have any
> suggestions how to fix this, and is there some way to temporarily make
> it easier to get gas in there, because the weather is too cold to
> repair it now. I was wondering what would happen if I put a small
> 1/4" hose into the filler to let the air escape????
Unquote]
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