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Jan 28, 2010 | 08:18 PM

1OldFordMan

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Hey folks, I don't know what year's what. Just was watching ALF ( on Hula Hoop or whatever that is ). Saw a nice looking panel van on the Christmas special & wondered what year it was. Figured you folks would be able to tell me if you watched long enough to see it. ALF - Full Episodes and Clips streaming online for free - Hulu. The Christmas special is season 2, episode 12.

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Jan 28, 2010 | 09:13 PM

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1955 with a six cylinder

Jan 28, 2010 | 10:02 PM

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Thanks for the reply. Nice looking truck. How do you know it's a 6 cyl.? Never saw the hood up. Come to think of it did FORD put V-8s in the trucks back then?

Jan 28, 2010 | 10:04 PM

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If you look at the grille, there was a star in the middle, the star= six cylinder and the v8 trucks used a v8 emblem where the star would go.

Jan 28, 2010 | 10:28 PM

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Didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

Jan 29, 2010 | 12:46 AM

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Thanks for the reply. Nice looking truck. How do you know it's a 6 cyl.? Never saw the hood up. Come to think of it did FORD put V-8s in the trucks back then?

Ford has used V8's in trucks since the first flathead went into production in 1932.

Jan 29, 2010 | 03:13 AM

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And the V8 (or rather, multiple engine choices) was a big selling point that Ford promoted in it's efforts to equal the sale of Chevy's trucks.

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Jan 29, 2010 | 06:59 AM

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Thanks for the reply. Nice looking truck. How do you know it's a 6 cyl.? Never saw the hood up. Come to think of it did FORD put V-8s in the trucks back then?

I did a quick check on your posting history and saw you've probably never been to our little part of FTE. You've stumbled onto the most fanatical group of Ford Truck Enthusiast's on the FTE site. If a '48-60 truck is an unmolested original we can tell the almost down to the day when a truck was built just buy sticking a finger up it's tailpipe

Telling it had a V8 was simple, give us something hard to figure out. Some of us have been called "Obsessed" with our trucks.

Jan 29, 2010 | 08:17 PM

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Also it is missing a right side parking light lens and bulb and the headlight trim ring. It was good to hear the passenger side window screeched like mine does when he rolled the window down!!