XLT badges... you don't see these often

[Ford F834]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/391854063012 



https://www.ebay.com/itm/192259364631 

[Gary Lewis]

Those are cool!  Do you have them already?


By the way, when I clicked on the Reply link to this thread it asked for me to sign it. Tried it again and got the same thing. Signed in and was able to reply.

[Ford F834]

Hmmm, I'm able to reply without login issues...

Gary I don't have any of these badges. I've come across the Lariat ones, but the one truck that had these at the junkyard was missing the plastic inlay entirely. I don't know that I particularly need them, but they are nice!

[Gary Lewis]

False alarm on the log-in issue. I'm sitting in a Starbucks with really slooooow internet and the iPad was taking forever to load the pics. So I fired up the iPhone as it wasn't logged on to the wifi and things loaded a lot faster. But I may not have replied on the forum for a few days with it, and apparently it is when you reply that it checks. So the phone had timed out and I had to log in, but after that I could post. And the iPad has not asked for a log-in for days as I keep it active.

Anyway, if you are creating an XLT won't you need those badges?

[Ford F834]

I hadn't really thought about a trim-correct XLT truck Gary. The straight six F150 is getting the rosewood. I refurbished the Ranger XLT nameplate for the radio bezel just because I had either that or the Ranger Lariat one in the 80/81 style. Lariat just sounds so cowboy to me so I picked XLT. I don't really have any other XLT trim to go with it.

[Gary Lewis]

Oh. I just assumed you were going for a full-on XLT. Sorry. 

I have those nameplates NOS for Dad's truck. They are beautiful!  

But Lariat doesn't scream "cowboy" as much as King Ranch does. Janey spec'd a KR for me in 2015 and I went along with it - until we got to the dealer. We opened the door and saw the saddle-stitching on the seats, closed the door, and bought a Platinum - for less than the KR. 

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I hadn't really thought about a trim-correct XLT truck Gary. The straight six F150 is getting the rosewood. I refurbished the Ranger XLT nameplate for the radio bezel just because I had either that or the Ranger Lariat one in the 80/81 style. Lariat just sounds so cowboy to me so I picked XLT. I don't really have any other XLT trim to go with it.

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[Ford F834]

That is funny Gary! And you are right about the price. You would have to have a mighty successful ranch to be able to afford one. I have absolutely nothing against cowboys or ranchers, but it isn't me. At all. Me and cowboy go together about like ketchup and ice cream. I just don't wear it well.

We will see where the "scope creep" (as you so eloquently put it) takes me on the 1981. I know I've put some time into the interior pieces, but everything on this truck so far has actually been pretty low budget. So it's brake calipers and U joints before badges at this point 😉

[Gary Lewis]

I do understand that. I'm trying to contain the creep (take that however you want) on Big Blue. 😳

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That is funny Gary! And you are right about the price. You would have to have a mighty successful ranch to be able to afford one. I have absolutely nothing against cowboys or ranchers, but it isn't me. At all. Me and cowboy go together about like ketchup and ice cream. I just don't wear it well.

We will see where the "scope creep" (as you so eloquently put it) takes me on the 1981. I know I've put some time into the interior pieces, but everything on this truck so far has actually been pretty low budget. So it's brake calipers and U joints before badges at this point 😉

SHORT BED 4-DOOR DIESEL: 1986 F350 4x4 SRW under construction-- 7.3 IDIT R&D 64mm intercooled turbo 150cc IP stage 1 cam main girdle 13" Southbend clutch ZF-5 + DNE2 overdrive 4.10 axle gears hydroboost brakes

STRAIGHT SIX 4X4: 1981 F150 2wd to 4x4 conversion-- 300 I6 close ratio diesel T19, Gear Vendor OD in the works

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[Ford F834]

Someone on Facebook was looking for XLT cab emblems. I posted these links and was told this is probably the tailgate badge:


Gary, notice that rear bumper... are those push bars from Ford?

[Gary Lewis]

This page says that badge was used only in 80 & 81: http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/name-plates.html.

But those bumper guards look strange. I've never seen any for the rear, and the catalog doesn't list them. Nor does the 1981 Accessories brochure, shown here: http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/1981-accessories.html. (Note the pics of the bed rails on Page 11.)

[Ford F834]

Interesting. The part number on these eBay listings does not match either number in the catalogue (for either the cab emblems or the tailgate emblem):

[Gary Lewis]

In fact, the number 9850398 doesn't show in the catalog.  Here's as close as it gets:

[reamer]

Strange they are blue, later '80's series were red.....

[Gary Lewis]

Yes, they are blue. And they look like jewels - I have them for Dad's truck. But I didn't know the later ones were red.

[Ford F834]

I have never seen a red XLT badge or even a picture of one. The Lariat ones are red and available through 1986, but I thought the XLT ones were 80/81 only and were blue.

There is an old FTE thread that shows the same badge currently on eBay. Member Dohc Chump says it's a tailgate emblem but does not cite his information:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/979801-emblem-and-oddball-dealer-items-pic-thread.html?styleid=22



It is definitely wider and has gold letters. Here is one that I found in the junkyard that is missing the blue inlay, but shows the more square dimensions and the engineering number:



This is pretty much in line with the repro (?) available at Bronco Graveyard:

Bronco Graveyard says it is 2.5" wide, but to measure the original because some 1980 trucks had them that were 4" wide. They also said they go on the fenders (!) but maybe the mystery emblem went there on some trucks? Or maybe BG is just clueless 🙄

[Ford F834]

So maybe these are neither tailgate badges nor pickup cab badges, but a Bronco-specific unibody emblem? But this one still has silver lettering 🤷‍♂️

[Gary Lewis]

Jonathan - Go to Page 1696 of the Illustration file, which should be Page 1 of the Exterior Moulding Section. (Or go to Exterior/Name Plates)  There you should see the XLT moulding, which is a Type 6.

Then go two more pages and you’ll see the one below. There are only three Type 6 mouldings: One for the rear corner panel for the 1980 and ‘81 trucks, which I think includes the Broncos; one for the tailgate for the 1980 & ‘81 trucks; and one for the fenders of the 1982 - 86 trucks.