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Gary Lewis

Ford Heritage Vault

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Have you seen the Ford Heritage Vault? Apparently they are getting into providing pictures and brochures of their vehicles. However, looking at their 1985 F-Series Brochures I see that we have one they don't have. The one they have is the early version with the adhesive trim, but we have that one and the later version w/o that trim.

Anyway, poke around and see what you can find!

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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

grumpin

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This is cool!

But, this is why I appreciate you and this website and all who have contributed!

I have used GM’s Heritage site, although now they changed it and to me make it hard to find your vehicle.

Here’s the main site: https://www.gm.com/heritage?evar25=gmhc_redirect

Here’s the pages for my truck and Suburban: https://www.gm.com/content/dam/company/no_search/heritage-archive-docs/vehicle-information-kits/chevrolet-trucks/1998-Chevrolet-Truck.pdf

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

Gary Lewis

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The scans on your Suburban aren't too good. But they have a lot of info. That ordering guide is great.

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BigBrother-84

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Gary Lewis wrote

Apparently they are getting into providing pictures and brochures of their vehicles.

I have a suggestion for them:
The only result for any search about Bullnoses would be a link to this amazing Forum and its incredible Library.

Would be much easier for them.
Job is already done!

Jeff / 1984 F350 Crew Cab 4x4/5.8L w351 4V/ T18/ D50 4.10 front/ 8' bed.
Restored 2019-2022.
Nicknamed «Big Brother 1984», due to its soooo-looong shape & nod to George Orwell's 1984 famous novel.

81-F150-Explorer

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The 1981 F-series brochures are of the "slide-lock" variation as well, even the midsize brochure etc. It looks like they used the early printings.

I would like to see all of the 80/86 Explorer brochure/dealer inserts in one place sometime. Most people don't even know that they once existed nowadays.

Truck: 1981 F-150 Explorer / Engine: 300-6 California MCU Feedback System / Trans: T-18 - 4 speed / 2.75 Ford Rear Axle Open Diff.

Gary Lewis

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Ralph - We have the 81 and 85 Explorer brochures on the website in the Manuals & Literature section. But I also have some other Explorer info that came in the dealer facts books. Maybe I should add that there? And do you have more Explorer lit?

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Gary Lewis

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Thanks, Jeff. We do seem to be ahead of Ford in this just a little bit. Btw, check your email.

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81-F150-Explorer

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Yes, I have a scan of the 1980 Explorer I can share right now. I also have a lot of 70's Explorer stuff too that I'll need to work harder at getting online etc...

I think any information of the Explorer models would be of good value as they were unique to the standard production run.

Truck: 1981 F-150 Explorer / Engine: 300-6 California MCU Feedback System / Trans: T-18 - 4 speed / 2.75 Ford Rear Axle Open Diff.

Gary Lewis

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Do you have a high-res version of the 80 brochure you can send me?

I've looked and my 81 fact book has a 1-page letter about the Explorer program, and the 1985 fact book has a tab with two pages about it. I can add those pages to the existing info.

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Gary Lewis

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Ok, I was wrong. The '81 dealer fact book did have a letter about the Explorer program, but it was the 1982 program which started in Sept of '81. So I scanned it and added it to the site. And, since it really isn't a brochure I changed the line in the Manual & Literature spreadsheet to Explorer Program from Explorer Brochure.

And it is the 1986 dealer fact book that has a 2-pager on the Explorer program, not the
85 book, so I scanned it and added it as well. However, there's something about a table on Page 1 that doesn't come through well. I tried scanning it at different dpi's and finally decided that 600 was the best I could do.

Anyway, we now have some info on two more years of the Explorer program, but still need 1980, 1983, and 1984. Plus, we could use a brochure for both 1982 and 1986, in addition to the letter and tab info we have for those years.

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