our neighbor has a 7th gen, 80-86, f100 with a column shift 3 speed i know they dropped the f100 at the end of '83 so its gotta be an 80-83, and i now know they made f200's in mexico from '76-'91.

BUT i thought they stopped the 3-tree-column shifts before the 70's, my grandad has a '67 f100 column shift and my dad had a 78' f150 with a 4 speed floor shift.


inform me please

 

Sorry, I had a T-Bird then, and a Pinto, but that was before my "truck years". *shrug*

- Jack

 

well thanks for nothing jack/janet.

 

You might want to ask Stealth. He just recently joined the old folks.

 

My father-in-law was a Ford salesman late-seventies early eighties.
I enjoyed watching him work his craft.

I recall him questioning a young man as to why he bought a chevy instead of one of his Fords. The guy said he he didn't care for the three-on-the-tree.
My f-i-l said he could have got a floor shift. That was around 1982.

Both Chevy and Ford had a standard column shift in the early eighties.
The Ford column shift was gone in 1988, maybe 1987.
But there are '86s with the column three speed.

 

Back then it just depended on the package you bought. Most of the work trucks had a stick. The ones with the six cylinder package mostly had three on a tree.
I remember the first super cabs had a hood ornament on them that said
explorer. I don't remember what years they were built, but there were quite a few of them. My Uncle had a late 70s scab with an Auto, and 6 cylinder, and the hood ornament. I don't remember ever seeing power windows in a truck until the mid 80s.
A/C was a luxury:santa:

 

when i saw that you had posted i knew the question had been answered

thank ya

 

I think ya gotta few things confused there Fella08. The F-100 truck was produced thru the YM 1974 and was built for using regular leaded fuel. At YM 1974 1/2, the F-150 was introduced and was suppose to use the then new unleaded or low lead fuel. They also added to the carrying capacity of the truck. Most of the early F-150's you'll find the restrictor on the gas fill tube knocked out so that folks could use regular gas instead. It just took a fairly good sized screw driver to give it a twist and it was gone. The last year for the standard shift on the column was 1983.

 

hmm..well i was looking the other day and it said they stopped making the f100 at the end of '83

 

My '81 was a F-100 Custom ( meaning vinyl floor and vinyl seat with horse blanket inserts, no radio, no AC, no headliner ) with the I-6 and auto trans, so I know they made it through 1981. I am almost sure this was an unleaded fuel truck. Hard to recall, my BMW 1975 R75 required 105 octane leaded fuel, so I had a hard time with additives that did not melt the floats.

Think the 3 on the tree was paired with the I-6 and the 4 speed was paired with the V-8. Not 100% sure of that, but that seems to be what I recall of the early 80s F series trucks from guys that had manual transmissions.

Edit :
Went and looked, you are correct F-100 ended in 1983
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F-100

 

Here is a part # with description:

Part #: 1M7246A : COLUMN GEAR SHIFT SOCKET INSULATOR / Fits 1980-1987 F-series with 3 speed manual transmission.

 

I had a 1985 company truck with the 300 six and the 4 in the floor. The granny gear could move a house.

 

There shoots my theory. I'll write it off to too long ago, trying to recall what others owned.

I had the Auto in my F-100 with the I-6.

 

yea granny doesnt mess around! and yea i was pretty sure they ended the f100 in '83

thanks for the find raoul!

 

Not quite.

The last year for the F-100 was 1983. The first year for the F-150 was 1975.

1975 was the first year for catalytic converters. There were 3 different emissions specs - under 6000# GVW, over 6000# GVW, and California.
California and under 6000# GVW needed cats to pass. Over 6000# did not, so Ford introduced the F-150 and called it a "heavy half" - and they had no cats except in California. The GVW of the F-100 was under 6000# and they had cats. GM and Dodge did the same thing with the C-10 and D-100. They didn't need cats till 1978, when the 6000# limit was raised to 8500#. The non-cat vehicles did not have restrictors and you could legally use leaded gas. The last year of no cats in the light duty truck world was 1981 - where you could still pass without them over 8500# GVW. After that, cats were on everything.

I had a friend with a 1977 F-150 with a 300 I6 and a 3 on the tree, no cats. I also had a friend with a 1981 Chevy C-30 with a 454 and no cats.