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Rembrant

Can somebody tell me the measurements of the hood letters?

Gentelmen,

Would one of you with an 80-81 truck be kind enough to measure the hood letters for me?
The height and width of the F would be fine, as they should all be the same. I found a used set locally and want to make sure they are correct. Thanks in advance.

1994 F150 4x2 Flareside. 5.0 w/MAF, 4R70W, stock.
1984 F150 4X2 Flareside. Mild 302 w/ 5spd. Sold.
1980 F150 4X4 Flareside. 300i6 w/ 5spd. Sold in 2021.
1980 F100 4X2 Flareside. 351w/2bbl w/NP435. Sold in 1995

Gary Lewis

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Let's see if this helps. Sorry for the fuzzy pics, but it was dark there in the attic and the flash took the reading away.

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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

Rembrant

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Perfect Gary, thanks so much. Just what I needed.

Gary Lewis

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Welcome, Cory. It dawned on me later that I should have put the calipers in metric mode, but you can do the maths.

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Rembrant

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Haha, it’s ok Gary I’m fluent in both!

Rembrant

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So I bought a set of used letters. They were cheap, and I didn't want to stick shiny new hood letters on this ratty old truck. (Still, I'm fussy enough that I'd prefer them to be on there).

Which leads me to my question...how do they attach? Do they have pins/posts on the backs of the letters? If yes, then I guess that is a problem as this truck has been painted and I assume the holes were filled in.

I guess I can double sided tape them? Or should one drill new holes? (or re-drill the old holes?)

Gary Lewis

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Pretty sure they have pins, and we have something about them, so I'll go looking. In this post Dave says the pins are .125" but his retainers didn't work. And beyond that I'm not finding anything, yet...

But the next question you'll have is the spacing, so read here.

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Gary Lewis

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Numberdummy says they are 385417-S .. Barrel Clip / Obsolete: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1213109-79-hood-letter.html

JBG has some: https://shop.broncograveyard.com/Ford-Letters-Emblem-Barrel-Clips/productinfo/28209/

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LARIAT 85

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I hope this can help you:

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

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Rick - That is VERY helpful! Do you mind if we put it on a page in Documentation?

Also, would you have a source for the barrel nuts?

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Rembrant

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LARIAT 85 wrote

I hope this can help you:

That's great Rick, thank you. This is very helpful. The old truck is pretty rough yet, and far from factory original at this point and time, but it being an '80, I'd like the hood letters to be on there as they're supposed to be. Thanks gents!

reamer

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"as they should all be the same".

Very funny

1986 F-150 Flareside 4x4, 351, 4-v, ZF5 speed. AC, Cruise, Tilt, Slider, Digital clock, Radio, Lariat seat, Pwr doors/locks

Rembrant

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reamer wrote

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"as they should all be the same".

Very funny

Haha now that I reread that it is funny lol, but you knew what I meant, right? LOL. The heights should all be the same, maybe not the widths.