Bullnose Enthusiasts Forum

87-96 Bricknose Tailgate on a Bullnose

Classic

List

Threaded

29 messages Options

Gary Lewis

Re: 87-96 Bricknose Tailgate on a Bullnose

Administrator

Congrat's!!! That is a great buy/find!

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

MarktheV

Re: 87-96 Bricknose Tailgate on a Bullnose

Thanks guys! And thanks for lending your truck knowledge to a noobie!

Gary- off subject here- but I was digging through a Ford trucks forum and saw an old post with your name with a picture of a 82 lwb with some '93+ 10-hole alloy wheels. Is/was that yours? I'm curious on that wheel fitment. I saw some of wheels for sale and really like the look but understand that they are a 5x5.5 lug pattern vs bullnose 5x4.5.

Mark

'84 F150 5.0L 2WD LWB

ArdWrknTrk

Re: 87-96 Bricknose Tailgate on a Bullnose

Administrator

Most Ford pickups with 5 lugs are 5 1/2" bolt circle.
Maybe the non assisted F100's had smaller hubs?

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

ArdWrknTrk

Re: 87-96 Bricknose Tailgate on a Bullnose

Administrator

This post was updated on .

Confirmed.

The F100 2wd without power brakes had a 5x4.5 pattern.

Brings me back to last week when someone with one of these trucks wanted to beef it up for trailer duty. *edited because the thinking about it emoji might be misconstrued as rolling eyes*

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Gary Lewis

Re: 87-96 Bricknose Tailgate on a Bullnose

Administrator

In reply to this post by MarktheV

Yes, that was me. But Jim is right, the vast majority of the lighter-duty F-Series trucks roll on a 5 1/2" bolt circle. Only a few of the F100's used the car bolt pattern of 4 1/2".

So, is the 4 1/2" what you have, Mark?

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

MarktheV

Re: 87-96 Bricknose Tailgate on a Bullnose

I think it was Mark Twain that said, " A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way".

Went out again this morning and measured from center of lug to outside of far-side lug and got 5.5. I guess I measured wrong the first time. Looks like I may be able to replace the steel wheels & hubcaps with some newer F150 wheels:)

'84 F150 5.0L 2WD LWB

ArdWrknTrk

Re: 87-96 Bricknose Tailgate on a Bullnose

Administrator

I think they stayed the same up through '95 then went metric with the 1996 model year restyle.

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

salans7

Re: 87-96 Bricknose Tailgate on a Bullnose

ArdWrknTrk wrote

I think they stayed the same up through '95 then went metric with the 1996 model year restyle.

*97 was the terrible, terrible restyle.

ArdWrknTrk

Re: 87-96 Bricknose Tailgate on a Bullnose

Administrator

Thanks for that.

I swear I can't remember something like a huge body style change sometimes.

So Ford started installing metric axles during '96 for the '97 model year trucks.

One more year where you can find those nice aluminum rims...

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.