Gary Lewis Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted January 30, 2023 Author Share Posted January 30, 2023 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 The scans on your Suburban aren't too good. But they have a lot of info. That ordering guide is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBrother-84 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-F150-Explorer Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 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! 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 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. 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 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! Thanks, Jeff. We do seem to be ahead of Ford in this just a little bit. Btw, check your email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-F150-Explorer Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 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? 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 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. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 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. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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