DeLuxe pickup

[Dave Mellor NJ]

Many people dress up a standard 82-B pickup with extra chrome and cowl lights and call it DeLuxe but the only true DeLuxe pickup has the rails on the bed which looks like the bottom of a panel truck and ti's blended into the cab

 

[nkaminar]

Nice looking pickup. More photos please.

 

[CarlG]

When I bought my pickup 14 years ago, it was advertised as a Deluxe Pickup. NOT! I got the guy to take the ad down, along with a considerable price reduction from his original asking price, then I bought it.

 

[Anteek29]

Sweet looking truck!

 

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Many people dress up a standard 82-B pickup with extra chrome and cowl lights and call it DeLuxe but the only true DeLuxe pickup has the rails on the bed which looks like the bottom of a panel truck and ti's blended into the cab

Dave, does this count as a DeLuxe??


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[AL in NY]

Brent: WOW......Never saw a Deluxe Roadster Pickup, Nice!!!!

 

[Bob Johnson]

No such thing as a Model A Roadster Pickup. Ford called them Open Cab Pickups.


400-A Convertible Sedan not A400

 

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

No such thing as a Model A Roadster Pickup. Ford called them Open Cab Pickups.


400-A Convertible Sedan not A400

Very true!! FWIW, there are quite a few parts in the club's RG&JS book that has the nomenclature of that item listed incorrectly. I guess old habits never go away.

 

[Bob Johnson]

We are trying to correct some in the next revision of the RG&JS. One interesting one is Firewall, Ford called it the Dash Assembly. That one we did not change because it would cause too much confusion with the Front Belt Rail Finish Panel (Dash Rail) or the Instrument Panel.
Bob

 

[Dave Mellor NJ]

Brent that's a beautiful truck but I don't think it's an actual DeLuxe pickup. Where the bed attaches to the cab isn't genuine

 

[Dick Carne]

This was probably a truck that the late R.T. McDaniel built back in the mid to late 1980’s. I seem to recall him having referred to it as a “Ute” and referencing that these would have most likely only been produced in Australia in an open cab format ...

 

[Oldbluoval]

RT’s trucks had all the rail fittings and were NEVER that color. Albeit lots of parts were made …but replicated!well. He also referred to them as flower wagons.
Did some work for him eons ago. Had some nice and rare A’s.

 

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

We are trying to correct some in the next revision of the RG&JS. One interesting one is Firewall, Ford called it the Dash Assembly. That one we did not change because it would cause too much confusion with the Front Belt Rail Finish Panel (Dash Rail) or the Instrument Panel.
Bob

Hey Bob, ironically I had this very conversation over 5 years ago. https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=230432

My suggestion would be to use this type of verbiage whether it might seem confusing or not; The Ignition Coil is attached to the Dash (sometimes erroneously referred to as firewall) with Cadmium-plated Screws. To me it would be even more confusing if only part of the RG&JS book's incorrect nomenclature was corrected.

Then place a separate page listing all the proper nomenclature words such as;

'A' Pillar = Coupe Pillar
'B' Pillar = Quarter Lock Pillar
Brake Housing Plate = Backing Plate
Dash = Firewall
- et/all -


Because the Stds has largely been researched using Ford Engineer's Prints as the foundation for the book's printed information, it only seems proper that Ford's printed nomenclature should be used in the RG&JS book.

 

[Dave Mellor NJ]

Here's one from the web. I see it has a designation,"66A". they started anew instead of going,"86C"