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Blue early door panels with slider locks, woodgrain panels and map pockets - NOS

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Nice!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1980-1986-Ford-Pickup-Truck-F150-F250-350-Bronco-Pickup-Door-Panels-Set-Blue-NEW/163800703144?hash=item26234860a8:g:Z1oAAOSwCzJdQ0l-

salans7

Re: Blue early door panels with slider locks, woodgrain panels and map pockets - NOS

The little trim panel above the arm rest says these are from a 1980.

LARIAT 85

Re: Blue early door panels with slider locks, woodgrain panels and map pockets - NOS

Yes, that upper trim piece was only used in 1980. Not sure why it was dropped. Was it used the whole year? I think it looks good; it matches the dashboard in front of the passenger.

Those door panels are a rare find. No one reproduces the woodgrain nor the armrest trim. If I had a 1980 truck, I would snatch those up.

Lucille: 1985 Ford F150 XLT Lariat

*Colors: Dark Canyon Red exterior, Canyon Red interior
*Engine: 5.0, CompCams 31-230-3, "Thumper" E7 heads, Edelbrock Performer intake, Autolite 4100 carburetor, DuraSpark II ignition, Thorley Tri-Y headers, Flowmaster dual exhaust, H-pipe.
*Drivetrain: AOD transmission, 3.55 gears, 2wd.

Gary Lewis

Re: Blue early door panels with slider locks, woodgrain panels and map pockets - NOS

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So that's when it was used! I wasn't aware of that. Good to know.

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salans7

Re: Blue early door panels with slider locks, woodgrain panels and map pockets - NOS

I can't remember if I ever found them in the MPC.

The higher end Explorer trim trucks had their own version in plaid cloth that matched the seats.

The early woodgrain panels are actually aluminum rather than the later plastic.

Gary Lewis

Re: Blue early door panels with slider locks, woodgrain panels and map pockets - NOS

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I can't find them in the MPC. I searched the whole of the catalog for 23942, which is the door panel itself. That let me look at every illustration where the panel is shown, and none of them have those pieces shown.

And, I can't find it in the text section either, but since I don't know the part number it is harder to find.

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kramttocs

Re: Blue early door panels with slider locks, woodgrain panels and map pockets - NOS

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In reply to this post by salans7

salans7 wrote

The early woodgrain panels are actually aluminum rather than the later plastic.

Really? That's awesome.
I've got a few sets but they are all the black plastic. Never knew there was aluminum versions.

Edit: zooming in on this one does look like the easily broken plastics tabs are shiny!

Scott
'Camano' 1986 F250 Supercab XLT Lariat 460/C6
'Chanute' 1980 F350 C&C 400/NP 435 - Gin Pole

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salans7

Re: Blue early door panels with slider locks, woodgrain panels and map pockets - NOS

In reply to this post by Gary Lewis

The back side of the trim panel is aluminum, and when I pulled my set from the junkyard, there were no ID numbers to be found on either. These things are definitely a mystery. Only available on high end Explorer and Ranger Lariat trucks for one year only.

salans7

Re: Blue early door panels with slider locks, woodgrain panels and map pockets - NOS

In reply to this post by kramttocs

kramttocs wrote

Really? That's awesome.
I've got a few sets but they are all the black plastic. Never knew there was aluminum versions.

Edit: zooming in on this one does look like the easily broken plastics tabs are shiny!

The aluminum tabs aren't any better, they tend to tear when you bend them back.

I'm not sure when the switch to plastic was, I don't remember seeing any reference to it in the MPC when I was originally researching this stuff.