One thing I missed, XLT and Lariat had chrome on the door panel bottoms. If you notice something else not mentioned feel free to comment, I tried to mention all the most important aspects overall without getting into too much detail.

My Dad bought a new 78 F250 ranger with the explorer package. It had air, tilt wheel, carpet, map pockets on the doors, a cargo light for the bed (the switch was in the top corner of the cab), chrome trim around the wheel wells and on the drip rails above the doors, and courtesy lights under the dash. I wish Ford would make new 78/79 trucks with modern drive trains and brakes at a reasonable price. They might be surprised how many they could sell.

At the age of 21, my first “new vehicle” was a ‘79 F-150 Custom… Light Blue Ext./Dark Blue Int. 8’ bed, radio delete, 300 cu. In. 6 w/3 on the tree and a step up steel bumper. I purchased it from “Bill Watson Ford” New Orleans, Louisiana for $4,775.00 which included the TTL! Looking at your collection brings back memories. I put $1,500.00 down and my note was $98.50 for 36 months. Those were the days LOL!

IMO These Were Some Of Fords Best Trucks. There Is A Reason Why So Many Are Being Rebuilt Or Restored! Thanks For Your Report, Very Informative!

My father bought a 79' Custom a few years before I was born. He used it as a work truck, daily driver. Took such good care of it. He was always keeping up on maintenance and anything that "Might" need replacing got replaced immediately. He promised me that I could have it on my 16th birthday. About 9 months before my birthday he bought himself a new F150. He put some money into his Custom about 6 months before my birthday, new tires, paint job, new stereo system, some things to the engine to beef her up a bit (I don't know what exactly). I was so excited to watch him do it, I knew he was doing it for me. About 2 months before my birthday a man showed up, knocked on the door and my father went outside. They walked around his Custom a few times. Got in together, the man driving. When they came back to the house my Dad extended his hand over and shook the other mans hand and got out with a brown envelope in his hand. The truck drove off. He sold the fucking truck, man I was so pissed. On my birthday he gave me a Plastic Model kit of a 79' Ford Custom and the keys to a Chevette lol fuck sakes. He looked me right in my eyes and said "You really thought I was going to let you wrap my truck around a telephone pole?"... lesson learned. My son is 16 this year, I promised him he could have my 5.4 F150 XTR... now I just hope Walmart has a Plastic Model of my truck... and where do you even find a Chevette these days? 😂

You are providing a lot of great information. I am a bumpside truck enthusiast but value your information all the same. These were a great truck Era. I am looking at what parts can be used across these years of trucks. Thanks again.

I had a 1976 F250 Custom 4wd 300 V6 manual in the light blue color. It cost me $5600 brand new. I loved that truck and lived in it for a few years.

I wish I could have the blue one. That year truck was and is my favorites

Hey I live close to u and always admired ur trucks when I would drive by, just found ur channel recently and it’s cool to see all the trucks in n out. Keep up the good work brother!

I had a 79 F100 Custom Explorer. 300, 3 speed with overdrive, power steering with manual brakes, 2wd. Would love to get one of those explorer hood ornaments to use one my next truck!

During this era, in my small rural town in Oregon, the local Ford dealership's main customers were farmers, ranchers and loggers. He usually had around 3 new cars and 8-10 new pickups in stock. All the pickups he ordered in for his stock had custom trim....no frills. He ordered them with a heavy duty radiator and a better seat than what came with the custom trim. Most were V8, 4spd, 3/4 ton 4X4s.......he usually kept one crewcab 4X4 on hand for the loggers.......

Bumperetts, I loved them and the heavy black rubber pieces that went out from them to the curve of the bumper.

FINALLY! The Ranger! A ranger explorer?!? 😍

I find myself having to watch your videos here. That 79 sky blue custom/explorer reminds me of my 1st vehicle. I had 75 F-100 custom, and it was also sky blue had the rust spots on the hood almost exactly same spots on your truck there. =) Man I miss that truck now.

I had a brown 79 f100 custom short bed with a 302 and a 3 speed. I loved that truck. Sadly I blew up the transmission and ended up selling it.

I had a 76 F 150 Full time 4x4 Automatic 360.Beautiful thing. Never has a truck made me walk SO much 😢

Of course I like the luxury painted door cards of the base bumpside.

My 1973 highboy 4x4 that I just bought without a motor was a custom cab but it did have a chrome strip going down the dent side on each side and I can tell that there was chrome strip on the top and bottom of the tailgate and it does have the fancy radio for the time and was painted originally with Bahama blue on the top and wind blue on the bottom I have never seen one painted with that combination before I am going to work on getting it fixed back up

I have a 1979 f250 super cab explorer custom, but it has a fair amount of options, ac, tilt column, door pockets, carpet interior, automatic

Always liked the single spear in dent on our 77. It seemed to narrow the 4 by stance

i believe the lariats also had better sound deadening under the carpet, and paired with the headliner made a noticeable difference. i have a lariat with some of the lariat bits ripped out.

My 1976 f150 custom really had a lot of bells and whistles added from air conditioning to ranger trim, radio, door pockets, green vinyl and cloth seats.

I had a 76 f100 short bed custom in highschool man I wish I kept it

Love the old ford s dentside. Are awesome and classic

I still cant stand 79.. i think round lights are SUCH a better look imo.

My grandfather had a 79 F250 Ranger standard cab w/ snow plow. As a child in the 80's I remember it had a tool box built into the passenger bedside but the truck was not a Camper Special. Am I remembering it right? If it was an option it must have been rare. Anyway great video I subscribed.

Never saw a custom with a woodgrain glove box lid. Ever. Owned and drove several late 70 models.

I've got a 76 I've been trying to figure out the trim level, it's got color matched seatbelts and chrome headliner trim

So I’ve noticed some of the trucks have black gauge clusters, and like yours some of them have silver accent gauge clusters, and I’ve even seen some with entirely silver gauge clusters, were those part of a package?

Oh hell ya!!!!!!!

I wish I had the money to start collecting these classics. Right now the only square body I have is a 1st gen Cummins

I had a 77 crewcab, but unfortunately it had several different years parts on it and I was in the middle of restoring it when my wife passed away and I lost all motivation and eventually got rid of it. It was a 2wd and I really wanted a 4wd.

On your larriet glove box, what is the other badge?Say on the left hand side of the glove box door

Great episode. Where did you get your price option book?

I bought a brand new 79 F250 custom same trim package four-wheel drive beautiful truck that was 8,200

Could you tell us about the looking group ? including locking hood and locking glove box , and the locking spare tire lock , thanks

I noticed that the inside and the bullnose have similar things I've noticed this was Ford in general because from generation to generation they kind of carry over some things because the door panels look similar to the bullnose door panels so I don't see the difference at times the only difference is you got a different dash but it's still the same dash pad

My 76 F100 Custom had painted bumpers white in front and silver in rear and no wood grain on glove box door.

Where did u get the sunroof in the blue truck?

I have a 1979 f150 lariat 4x4 short bed with A/C and tilt wheel

I own a 1979 F150 custom with two toned paint blue and gray with the chrome blue carpet 4 speed granny gear 4x4

Also Dad’s 78 had an explorer hood ornament. Did they use any other hood ornaments on these trucks? I don’t think I’ve ever seen any.

My grandfather had an old Chevy, base model 3 on the tree pickup with the straight 6 engine. I do t know the year, but I’m guessing early 70’s. It would climb a tree as a 2WD. It had belonged to his father. Grandaddy had ruined by painting it a different color, himself, and the paint was awful but he was so proud of his paint job. 😂😂. Still, I would have loved to have had it. My grandmother sold it for $500 when he got sick with cancer without telling me she was doing it. I was so disappointed!! I would gladly have given her more than that for it had she told me she was selling it. I only lived 1.5 hours away too so I could have come to get it with a days notice!

What wheels and tires you got on that ranger? Beautiful

I need that lariat seat. Did you have it redone?

That lariat is sweeet I would just repaint it the same color with some metal flake up in it make sure the engine runs good and get to hotrodding

I thought that the lariat also had that toolbox panel in the front lower part of the box

Answer me this. I have a 78 Custom. It had no power anything, but it had AC. The problem I'm trying to figure out with the AC,is I believe dealer installed. The compressor was completely different than a factory one. Can you enlighten me on that?

I have a 79 F100 maroon 302 auto c6 tilt wheel.short bed.a 78 f100 Ranger 302 C6 short bed Ford cream.a 79 f150 4x4..79 Ranger 4x4 short bed.. and a few other's lol

My 79 4x4 short bed has dealer installed AC..

Custom was a strip model that generally came with the 300-6 and a manual. However, the custom trucks could have thwir options picked and chosen individually based on the owners wants/needs. So you could get a stripped down base model with just ac and nothing more. Or you could get pwr windows, cruise, ac, tilt wheel, bigger engines etc. I have a 79 custom f250 and a 79 ranger lariat. The ranger lariat has a 400v8, 4*4, c6 auto, and factory ac. My f250 custom is a bare bones truck with the 300-6, and a 4spd manual 2wd. Literally about as bare bones as you can get. Still great looking trucks and i live these videos. Keep them coming.

What does the term “day two option” mean?

I need that f250

I like the green one,I have one, built like a freaking TANK!!!!@!

Would you trade for a 79 c3?

Do those trucks have cats on them from the factory? I had a 78 Bronco with a 351 M that was labeled Non Catalyst from the factory . I used to fight every time I went to inspection in the 90's MV assholes said 78's had cats but when I got outside and popped the hood and showed them the sticker on the engine with the vin they reluctantly let me go. I got 400 k out of the 351 then dropped in a balanced blueprinted 460 L and l headers tunnel ram 2 750 double pumpers . Swapped in 456 gears ,8" lift 17x40 gumbo mudders. Also got a 45 gal. gas tank . That truck was a hoot.🍻

I had an uncle who had a blue. Ford pick up.

These could also be found on 1978 models.

It's a custom with ranger trim it's got 78 mirrors but square headlights one or the other isn't correct.

Man what book is that?

WAIT! You’re Pennsylvanian too?!?!! Are you by chance gonna be at the Carlisle Truck Nationals this summer?

Applique is app luh Kay not up-leak

I took my trim off my truck

Appliqué is pronounced app le kay. You know, french.

Those aren't original caps on the front truck

My x36 Ranger (camper special) also has fender trim, is that an adder?