1981 Ford F-Series Regular Cab 4x4

1981 Ford F-Series in I Married a Monster, Movie made for TV, 1998

Class: Cars, Pick-up — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Jale ◊ 2024-07-22 19:09
opal ◊ 2024-07-22 20:27	80-81.
dhill_cb7 ◊ 2024-07-22 20:55	Regular Cab 4x4.
rjluna2 ◊ 2024-07-22 22:27	1981 due to amber coloured indicator bezel.
dhill_cb7 ◊ 2024-07-22 22:55	Quote 1981: Amber turn signals: The 1980 trucks had clear turn signal lenses and amber bulbs. Ford's Master Parts Catalog says clear lenses were used before 12/80 and amber lenses were used after 12/80. However, from what I can tell only the Twin Cities and Norfolk plants used clear lenses for '81 trucks, and it appears that Twin Cities changed to amber lenses in September of 1980 and Norfolk changed by October of 1980. Or, said another way, out of 7 plants in North America producing 1981 Ford trucks, only 2 used clear lenses at all for that production year, and they stopped using them in September and October. Door Locks: The 1980 trucks all had slide door locks, and the parts catalog says that the cutover date for 1981 trucks was a build date of 3/81. However, like the turn signal lenses, that date isn't precise. It looks like door locks changed fairly close to 03/81 in most plants, but not in all of them. Kansas City produced trucks in 03/81 with slide locks, but by 04/81 had gone to pins. Twin Cities was still using slide locks as late as 07/81. Source -- Last edit: 2024-07-22 23:00:48