Bumpsides vs. Dentsides
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Post Fiend
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From: Big Sky Country
That little blue oval on the grille just isn't as intimidating in your rear view mirror as the big bold F-O-R-D letters on the hood. lol
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From: Duluth United States
I always liked the bumpside except for the seam in the box side rust catcher. The cab towers didnt hold up as good. Galvanized parts on the dent! You can tell I live in rustland USA! Bumpside trucks were trucks, for work ! Dent side trucks still were trucks for work but with luxury! Both have class of there own! Proud to have owned and own!! pod
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I always liked the bumpside except for the seam in the box side rust catcher. The cab towers didnt hold up as good. Galvanized parts on the dent! You can tell I live in rustland USA! Bumpside trucks were trucks, for work ! Dent side trucks still were trucks for work but with luxury! Both have class of there own! Proud to have owned and own!! pod
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From: Grants Pass, Oregon
Yeah,i suppose that bedside seam is one area that you really cant argue the superiority of the dent side. As far as luxury goes,i will say i think Ford made its biggest mistake by putting a fair number of luxury/comfort options on its 2wd vehicles beginning in the 1960's(power steering,front disk brakes,a/c,automatic transmissions)while just assuming that its purchasers of 4wd vehicles were cave dwelling neanderthals until much later. The buyer of a 1969 F250 camper special with a 390 got front disks,could order a/c,a/t,p/s and p/b, wear modern clothes,and cook with fire,while the buyer of a 69 F250 4wd,wore nothing more than a loincloth,chased his prey with a stone tipped spear,and devoured his kill raw! while it has been perceived that Chevy/GMC trucks were more luxury oriented than Ford,its safe to say that both Dodge and International built very workmanlike trucks along a similar philosophy to Fords,and they offered luxury options early on for there 4wds.............
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Yeah,i suppose that bedside seam is one area that you really cant argue the superiority of the dent side. As far as luxury goes,i will say i think Ford made its biggest mistake by putting a fair number of luxury/comfort options on its 2wd vehicles beginning in the 1960's(power steering,front disk brakes,a/c,automatic transmissions)while just assuming that its purchasers of 4wd vehicles were cave dwelling neanderthals until much later. The buyer of a 1969 F250 camper special with a 390 got front disks,could order a/c,a/t,p/s and p/b, wear modern clothes,and cook with fire,while the buyer of a 69 F250 4wd,wore nothing more than a loincloth,chased his prey with a stone tipped spear,and devoured his kill raw! while it has been perceived that Chevy/GMC trucks were more luxury oriented than Ford,its safe to say that both Dodge and International built very workmanlike trucks along a similar philosophy to Fords,and they offered luxury options early on for there 4wds.............
You're right about that, the 4x4's were late comers to the party where creature comforts are concerned, personally i like the stripped down, bare bones, no frills, workman like approach of the older 4x4's, they were the last of the real "work trucks" before every truck needed to be equipped with p/s, p/b, p/w, a/c, a/t and 27 cup holders so they would appeal to the soccer mom crowd.
it doesn't even have 1 cupholder!!!
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