dealer add on question

[sean lalley]

maybe a dumb question but had to ask i picked up a 72 explorer package and it is loaded disc brakes factory ac p/s and this funny bumper on the front with 12000lbs ramsey winch
my question is could this bumper be a dealer add on as my neighbor said (he worked at ford when they were new) or is it just a bumper
it is bolted on and not welded and from my experience if it is replaced somewhere other than ford it gets a ton of weld put on it before it is "good"
just had to ask

 

[half cab]

None of that sounds factory to me in '72? AC was always a dealer add on.I don't know just saying....

 

[GloNDark]

72 had drums up front with manual master from the dealer.

And i'm doubting that bumper is a dealer ad on. I've seen some funky add ons but that would take the cage as the funkiest. hahaha

 

[half cab]

Ranger pkg. was intro in '73 power steering was only with the V8 that same yr.Disc were '76/77

Not sure about when the explorer pkg. someone else will.

 

[sean lalley]

yeah i thought the same thing also has a crter 4 barrel carb that looks completly factory on it
i dont know it is a 3 owner truck either way glad to have it

 

[half cab]

Yea I wish I could pick up an extra one or two! What about the exsuperlift one you were working on awhile back? You get'er fixed up yet?

 

[sean lalley]

oh yeah its getting closer got the motor and trany in and running got the wire harness in and bed liner sprayed it will soon be off to the body shop to get body work done and then time for me to paint it cant wait just need all my fiberglass parts to get here and i will get with it

 

[half cab]

Sounds like you got'it goin on there for sure.I'll be glad when the Sun stays out around here awhile.I plan on trying to do some painting on mine this spring,but you know how planning goes

 

[MarsChariot]

Ranger pkg. was intro in '73 power steering was only with the V8 that same yr.Disc were '76/77

Not sure about when the explorer pkg. someone else will.

Never say never. I am here to tell you that the Ranger package and power steering, complete with the inner fender crease and core support box, were available on a 72. Manual drums in front, though. I have one in the garage right now. Fully verified as factory. But the door sticker says it was manufactured in Oct 72, the same month as the 73s, yet the VIN is a P code. Go figure.

 

[Gerbow]

Not sure what package my '72 may or may not have, but it does have factory power steering as well...

 

[broncnaz]

None of the items mentioned on your explorer are factory dealer installed the ac the bumper probably not but you never know. dealers sometimes used whatever was availible locally he could have had a buddy that liked to build bumpers and made them for him.

 

[DirtDonk]

Like they said, of all the things you mentioned, the only one that could possibly be from the factory was the Power Steering. And ONLY if it was a very late-build '72. Like Chariot's rig.
A/C was always a dealer or aftermarket item.
Disc brakes were only owner or aftermarket items for a '72. Probably added much later in fact, but that might depend on what disc setup it has, and how old it looks.
Bumper could have been a dealer add-on, depending on what shops they were willing to deal with, or it could have been done by the owner, or could have been done by any shop at any point in between.
Explorer package was definitely available in '72, but doesn't change the origins of any of that other stuff.

Hey Mars. Does your '72 have any of the trim packages above the base model?

Paul