Gary Lewis Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Thanks very much for posting these. I ended up taking a trip to an area pick & pull and found a brick nose and bullnose to compare side by side. More surprisingly, there was a donor bullnose that had a straight $40 tailgate! The truck I pulled it from was a different color; so amazingly this tailgate has survived 30+ years in the PA/NJ rust-zone to be on at least its third truck(just look at the "fender rust repair-panels on the donor truck!). It's not perfect, but much better than the repro that's been hanging off of my truck. Congrat's!!! That is a great buy/find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarktheV Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 Congrat's!!! That is a great buy/find! Thanks guys! And thanks for lending your truck knowledge to a noobie! Gary- off subject here- but I was digging through a Ford trucks forum and saw an old post with your name with a picture of a 82 lwb with some '93+ 10-hole alloy wheels. Is/was that yours? I'm curious on that wheel fitment. I saw some of wheels for sale and really like the look but understand that they are a 5x5.5 lug pattern vs bullnose 5x4.5. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Thanks guys! And thanks for lending your truck knowledge to a noobie! Gary- off subject here- but I was digging through a Ford trucks forum and saw an old post with your name with a picture of a 82 lwb with some '93+ 10-hole alloy wheels. Is/was that yours? I'm curious on that wheel fitment. I saw some of wheels for sale and really like the look but understand that they are a 5x5.5 lug pattern vs bullnose 5x4.5. Mark Most Ford pickups with 5 lugs are 5 1/2" bolt circle. Maybe the non assisted F100's had smaller hubs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Most Ford pickups with 5 lugs are 5 1/2" bolt circle. Maybe the non assisted F100's had smaller hubs? Confirmed. The F100 2wd without power brakes had a 5x4.5 pattern. Brings me back to last week when someone with one of these trucks wanted to beef it up for trailer duty. *edited because the thinking about it emoji might be misconstrued as rolling eyes* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Thanks guys! And thanks for lending your truck knowledge to a noobie! Gary- off subject here- but I was digging through a Ford trucks forum and saw an old post with your name with a picture of a 82 lwb with some '93+ 10-hole alloy wheels. Is/was that yours? I'm curious on that wheel fitment. I saw some of wheels for sale and really like the look but understand that they are a 5x5.5 lug pattern vs bullnose 5x4.5. Mark Yes, that was me. But Jim is right, the vast majority of the lighter-duty F-Series trucks roll on a 5 1/2" bolt circle. Only a few of the F100's used the car bolt pattern of 4 1/2". So, is the 4 1/2" what you have, Mark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarktheV Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 Yes, that was me. But Jim is right, the vast majority of the lighter-duty F-Series trucks roll on a 5 1/2" bolt circle. Only a few of the F100's used the car bolt pattern of 4 1/2". So, is the 4 1/2" what you have, Mark? I think it was Mark Twain that said, " A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way". Went out again this morning and measured from center of lug to outside of far-side lug and got 5.5. I guess I measured wrong the first time. Looks like I may be able to replace the steel wheels & hubcaps with some newer F150 wheels:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 I think it was Mark Twain that said, " A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way". Went out again this morning and measured from center of lug to outside of far-side lug and got 5.5. I guess I measured wrong the first time. Looks like I may be able to replace the steel wheels & hubcaps with some newer F150 wheels:) I think they stayed the same up through '95 then went metric with the 1996 model year restyle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salans7 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 I think they stayed the same up through '95 then went metric with the 1996 model year restyle. *97 was the terrible, terrible restyle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 I think they stayed the same up through '95 then went metric with the 1996 model year restyle. *97 was the terrible, terrible restyle. Thanks for that. I swear I can't remember something like a huge body style change sometimes. So Ford started installing metric axles during '96 for the '97 model year trucks. One more year where you can find those nice aluminum rims... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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