1972-73 owners-mind your P's and Q's

[DirtDonk]

How bout this for a late '72? P90015 (edit: 10/72 according to the very faded decal)

Light bars, T-shift, ambient sensor. Not sure about the return lines, manual or auto or anything else yet.

Paul

 

[jray]

I'll add mine, titled 1972. P89681 , light bars, T-shift, power steering, 3 speed, build date 10/72. Not sure about ambient sensor, don't think fuel return.

 

[Viperwolf1]

I think I'm caught up on this now.

 

[Blue71]

There is a mostly stock brown 72 Explorer/Sport on ebay that is U15GLP31667. 5/72

http://www.ebay.com/itm/18173894727...xe,ext=ext&srcrot=e11010.m1951.l1120&rvr_id=0

Has Ambient sensor
No dash bar lights
It's T shift
Has Power steering
No fuel return

 

[akafrankcastle]

There is a mostly stock brown 72 Explorer/Sport on ebay that is U15GLP31667

5/72 manufacture date according to the sticker.

Flat 4-pin neutral safety switch as well.

Have we considered wiring harness as a potential data point yet?

 

[Viperwolf1]

There is a mostly stock brown 72 Explorer/Sport on ebay that is U15GLP31667. 5/72

http://www.ebay.com/itm/18173894727...xe,ext=ext&srcrot=e11010.m1951.l1120&rvr_id=0

Has Ambient sensor
No dash bar lights
It's T shift
Has Power steering
No fuel return

Looks early for PS. I asked to see the warranty tag to see if it was stock.

 

[Viperwolf1]

5/72 manufacture date according to the sticker.

Flat 4-pin neutral safety switch as well.

Have we considered wiring harness as a potential data point yet?

The red connector is the engine harness.

 

[akafrankcastle]

The red connector is the engine harness.

So it is.

I'm going back to listening to baseball.

 

[Viperwolf1]

Looks early for PS. I asked to see the warranty tag to see if it was stock.

No response from the seller. I'll add the data points with a footnote.

 

[adl3026]

I'll add mine to the list. Its a 73 Hot Ginger Metallic Ranger. It was assembled on Oct 30, 1972, seven days behind schedule. It has the T bar shifter and no Ranger emblem on the dash. Also, the dash is painted body color. Serial # Q51614.

 

[adl3026]

Oh, and it has AT and power steering. Also equipped with 3.50 LS rear axle and Dana 44 LS front axle.

 

[broncobsession]

I recently picked up a 73 Ginger Metallic Ranger. August of 1972 build. Dash is body color and has the T style t-case shifter and no Ranger emblem on the dash. Serial # Q02757.

 

[Viperwolf1]

I'm caught up with the last few.

Also here's some additional information on build months for model years from a couple Ford service manuals. Notice that the consecutive unit numbers (sequence numbers) begin in August for each model year. That means if the Bronco was built in Sep '72 it is actually a '73 model. It doesn't really matter what the title says.

 

[landshark99]

Build date January 1972
U15GLN46357
302
Three speed manual transmission
T shift
Dana 44
Small bearing rear end
Manual brakes and steering

 

[AZ73]

Well if you're tracking Dash color and ranger emblems, my Q235XX had body dash color and no emblem on the glove box. Also large bearing.

 

[DirtDonk]

Not sure if I did this one already or not, but it recently changed hands, so it came up again. U15GLQ54314 11/72

Light bars
Fuel return line
No ambient sensor, but has plug
Automatic Trans
T-shift (Forgot to actually make a note of that, so just going from memory) (edit: confirmed T-shift)

Kind of an oddball, with cloth interior including door panels and rear side panels, chrome trim around windows only (no top or doors), carpet with hold downs, dome light and headliner, but no Ranger, Explorer or even Sport badging.

Paul

 

[DirtDonk]

So, I've got a new category for this list. Sorry to add another layer of stuff, but I've been curious about under hood questions for a long time and am just now getting around to asking.

For those with these P's and Q's that still have relatively unmolested engine compartments, or that remember them before they were molested... What air cleaner and smog control stuff do you have?

For the stock air cleaner group, is it a straight round-ish open snorkel pointed at the radiator, or the rectangular shaped angled one pointed behind the battery with cold-air intake?

Regarding smog stuff, do/did you have EGR and other things hooked to vacuum tubes? Or just the dual-diaphragm distributor and that's about it?
What about a coolant recovery bottle on the passenger wheel well?

And last, does the carburetor linkage have the bell-crank stabilizer link attached to the firewall, or not? The '73 just listed above has original paint and no holes for the linkage. Just dimples you can barely see. Seen it before, but not very often that I remember.
Here's a pic of what I mean:


Thanks. Sorry for the late addition to the questions, but I'd love to hear from owners of stock-ish engine compartments.

Paul

 

[Viperwolf1]

Not sure if I did this one already or not, but it recently changed hands, so it came up again. U15GLQ54314 11/72

Light bars
Fuel return line
No ambient sensor, but has plug
Automatic Trans
T-shift (Forgot to actually make a note of that, so just going from memory)

Kind of an oddball, with cloth interior including door panels and rear side panels, chrome trim around windows only (no top or doors), carpet with hold downs, dome light and headliner, but no Ranger, Explorer or even Sport badging.

Paul

Sounds like an early (no glovebox badge) ranger. Chrome vent windows and window trim were only available on sport or ranger. Ranger package did not include sport emblems.

 

[Viperwolf1]

So, I've got a new category for this list. Sorry to add another layer of stuff, but I've been curious about under hood questions for a long time and am just now getting around to asking.

For those with these P's and Q's that still have relatively unmolested engine compartments, or that remember them before they were molested... What air cleaner and smog control stuff do you have?

For the stock air cleaner group, is it a straight open snorkel pointed at the radiator, or the angled one pointed behind the battery with cold-air intake?

Regarding smog stuff, do/did you have EGR and other things hooked to vacuum tubes? Or just the dual-diaphragm distributor and that's about it?

And last, does the carburetor linkage have the bell-crank stabilizer link attached to the firewall, or not? The '73 just listed above has original paint and no holes for the linkage. Just dimples you can barely see. Seen it before, but not very often that I remember.
Here's a pic of what I mean:
View attachment 377831

Thanks. Sorry for the late addition to the questions, but I'd love to hear from owners of stock-ish engine compartments.

Paul

A simpler way to describe the air cleaner duct is either round or rectangular opening. The rectangular one connects to the cold air hose. The round one went away sometime in '72.

Here is a picture of the throttle linkage you described. It also went away sometime in '72 and became simpler. This is on N46357.

 

[bronconut73]

Rectangular cold air.
No throttle stabilizer.
And lots of egr stuff.