1980 Ford F-Series

1980 Ford F-Series in The Siege at Ruby Ridge, Movie made for TV, 1996

Class: Cars, Pick-up — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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rjluna2 ◊ 2023-07-13 16:03	I think this may be 1980 Ford F-Series with replacement grille
dhill_cb7 ◊ 2023-07-13 18:19	The older grilles were discontinued when the Blue oval came out. Ford did this all of their older style grilles at the time. I delved pretty deep into this years ago and found some forum posts, I think I even posted them on here, where a parts manager confirmed Ford had discontinued them so that is why we see these mock up jobs. One could not purchase the older style from Ford unless there was NOS laying around.

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rjluna2

◊ 2023-07-13 16:03

I think this may be 1980 Ford F-Series with replacement grille :think:

dhill_cb7

◊ 2023-07-13 18:19

The older grilles were discontinued when the Blue oval came out. Ford did this all of their older style grilles at the time. I delved pretty deep into this years ago and found some forum posts, I think I even posted them on here, where a parts manager confirmed Ford had discontinued them so that is why we see these mock up jobs. One could not purchase the older style from Ford unless there was NOS laying around.

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1980 Ford F-Series