Bumper brackets [E0TZ-17788-C & E0TZ-17787-C?] - NOS

[1986F150Six]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/144831008046?hash=item21b899cd2e:g:cOAAAOSwWiRjdA~e&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsBfHjXE2k9nFvn%2Bv1YW8hBJw8FsasbbjFzWFWSxJ%2BTj54CXWf9qWcn9Bqt85fmWzoUHVKBjBQ9y42ERoWvjmSqqCDRm7PsXts%2FmgaV2nqf2DJyN70fz3wKGUhsoV8mWqhD5W60Q%2F6NeHpwTCOY6b2Vk6NcoMMaViDd4GekGngxqCuzudK64XwsPNK9%2FXtOFqQ8JxU6mQzRorPMy4VVg1Yl1bRSAUnaYZCjgAYnu%2BLah8%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_r1wOe0YQ



https://www.garysgaragemahal.com/bumpers.html

[Gary Lewis]

I can't confirm what those fit as I can't find that # in the MPC.

Ralph?

[81-F150-Explorer]

From their own description it should be the inner Left and right brackets for the contour bumper, IE: Without Step Bumper.

But the part number for that is ...

1980/86 F-100/350 Without Step Bumper:  RH: E0TZ-17787-B  and LH: E0TZ-17788-B  respectfully.

The Bronco is RH: E0TZ-17787-A and LH: E0TZ-17788-A.

So it's either a typo or for something not listed in either MPCs that I have anymore.


Weird that.

[Gary Lewis]

Thanks, Ralph. I couldn’t find it either.

[Vic Roma]

[Gary Lewis]

Vic - I agree that those brackets look like the ones in the illustration.  However, Flareside brackets are part numbers E0TZ 17787—F  R.H.-inner and outer  and E0TZ 17788—D  L.H.-inner and outer.  So either the ones in the advert aren't those or they are mislabeled.

[Vic Roma]

I suspect a scan of older microfiche MPCs will show other suffixes.

[Gary Lewis]

You might be right, Vic.  I have an '82 version and will look tomorrow.

[81-F150-Explorer]

I agree with both of you Vic and Gary.

If the 1982 version of the MPC does not have it, I will be surprised.  

[Gary Lewis]

Well, my Feb '82 MPC, courtesy Numberdummy, gives the same info as the later MPC's.  

[81-F150-Explorer]

Then it has to be a typo, or a part that was superseded by 1982 by another part number.

I doubt that it was superseded, because I would assume (Yes I Know ) it would still have it in a 1982 book, just R/B'd to the new Part Number.

So my best guess is a typo, and possibly a reason why it never sold, etc. . .

I like a good mystery too, but this one we may never solve.

[Gary Lewis]

I agree - the '82 MPC should have had the R/B if it had been replaced.  But as of Feb '82 it looks like not.  Especially since the prefixes are E0TZ, and if they'd been replaced in '81 or '82 they'd have been different.

[Vic Roma]

Mystery solved...?

From page 633 of the "Obsolete - Supercede - Interchange Manual FPS 7632-5 January 1994":

E0TZ-17787-C R/B E0TZ-17787-F, and E0TZ-17788-C R/B E0TZ-17788-D

[Gary Lewis]

Well done, Vic!  I didn't think to look in there.  

[81-F150-Explorer]

I thought about it, but I didn't have one to look it up in.  I didn't think to ask if someone else had one to look it up though. That's my fault there.

Well done Vic.

[Vic Roma]

As David always says...

[1986F150Six]