Ford Heritage Vault

[Gary Lewis]

Have you seen the Ford Heritage Vault?  Apparently they are getting into providing pictures and brochures of their vehicles.  However, looking at their 1985 F-Series Brochures I see that we have one they don't have.  The one they have is the early version with the adhesive trim, but we have that one and the later version w/o that trim.

Anyway, poke around and see what you can find!

[grumpin]

This is cool!

But, this is why I appreciate you and this website and all who have contributed!

I have used GM’s Heritage site, although now they changed it and to me make it hard to find your vehicle.

Here’s the main site: https://www.gm.com/heritage?evar25=gmhc_redirect

Here’s the pages for my truck and Suburban: https://www.gm.com/content/dam/company/no_search/heritage-archive-docs/vehicle-information-kits/chevrolet-trucks/1998-Chevrolet-Truck.pdf

[Gary Lewis]

The scans on your Suburban aren't too good.  But they have a lot of info.  That ordering guide is great.

[BigBrother-84]

Gary Lewis wrote

Apparently they are getting into providing pictures and brochures of their vehicles.

I have a suggestion for them:
The only result for any search about Bullnoses would be a link to this amazing Forum and its incredible Library.

Would be much easier for them.
Job is already done!

[81-F150-Explorer]

The 1981 F-series brochures are of the "slide-lock" variation as well, even the midsize brochure etc.  It looks like they used the early printings.

I would like to see all of the 80/86 Explorer brochure/dealer inserts in one place sometime. Most people don't even know that they once existed nowadays.

[Gary Lewis]

Ralph - We have the 81 and 85 Explorer brochures on the website in the Manuals & Literature section. But I also have some other Explorer info that came in the dealer facts books. Maybe I should add that there?  And do you have more Explorer lit?

[Gary Lewis]

Thanks, Jeff. We do seem to be ahead of Ford in this just a little bit. Btw, check your email.

[81-F150-Explorer]

Yes, I have a scan of the 1980 Explorer I can share right now.  I also have a lot of 70's Explorer stuff too that I'll need to work harder at getting online etc...  




I think any information of the Explorer models would be of good value as they were unique to the standard production run.

[Gary Lewis]

Do you have a high-res version of the 80 brochure you can send me?

I've looked and my 81 fact book has a 1-page letter about the Explorer program, and the 1985 fact book has a tab with two pages about it.  I can add those pages to the existing info.

[Gary Lewis]

Ok, I was wrong.  The '81 dealer fact book did have a letter about the Explorer program, but it was the 1982 program which started in Sept of '81.  So I scanned it and added it to the site.  And, since it really isn't a brochure I changed the line in the Manual & Literature spreadsheet to Explorer Program from Explorer Brochure.

And it is the 1986 dealer fact book that has a 2-pager on the Explorer program, not the
85 book, so I scanned it and added it as well.  However, there's something about a table on Page 1 that doesn't come through well.  I tried scanning it at different dpi's and finally decided that 600 was the best I could do.

Anyway, we now have some info on two more years of the Explorer program, but still need 1980, 1983, and 1984.  Plus, we could use a brochure for both 1982 and 1986, in addition to the letter and tab info we have for those years.

[81-F150-Explorer]

I will do my best to get higher resolution scans "scanned". I'll also try to clean them up a bit while I'm at it.

Some of those scans of mine are almost 20 years old.

[Gary Lewis]

Thanks, Ralph.  If you don't have a scanner I can do it.  

[AmericanSavage]

This is excellent.  Thanks for passing this along.  GGM is Superior though!  

[81-F150-Explorer]

I have a scanner, it's just finding out how to use it properly. The pictures are turning really grainy for some reason.

As example:



My wife is the expert.  

[Machspeed]

Oh WOW, Gary! Thanks for posting this up! What a find!!!  

[Gary Lewis]

Ralph - Check the dots per inch setting, or dpi.  I use 600 on most of my scanning.

John - Welcome.  Glad you like it.

[81-F150-Explorer]

Will do!

[81-F150-Explorer]

Are these images any better?

[Gary Lewis]

YES!!!  Can you send me the file?

[81-F150-Explorer]

I can't find your email,

Can you send it to me again.

I now feel silly.