10 Simple Vintage Ford Dealer Accessories You Have to See 

I wish I could find a dealer A/C unit.

I'm kinda wondering when you are going to run across the swing out step or the fancy behind the seat lock boxes .

@@bussin_buses try checking Ebay they do pop up from time to time

@@TurningGuns So the swing out steps were a non-Ford accessory and I actually do not have a set. The Ford dealer behind the seat lock box/gun case is probably the single most rarest Dentside Ford truck dealer accessory, so much so that I have never even actually seen one in person or for sale ever. They are in some of the brochures.

@@DentsideDepot I have the lock box , and have a truck that was fitted with the swing out steps although they were removed before I took ownership. When I was doing research on the steps, basically wondering what the extra holes and fasteners were about, I found the swing out steps on eBay in Ford boxes. I didn't purchase them however. At that time , around 2014, they were asking about $300 for them. The lock box was acquired by adopting a project 79 250 plane Jane that had a fresh C6 and 203 if I remember correctly. I was looking for windshield wipers and if I needed a part for my truck I would sooner get a parts truck with new wipers or tires or whatever, drove the ol lady nuts, lol. So I found that "wiper" truck as an abandoned project for free and that's how I ended up with the box.

Yea its a really cool piece.

Oh nice thats really cool

Nice very cool!

Yea but their version was basically the same lol besides the branding

thanks! I agree!

Time to get another!

I think I paid 15 bucks for those NOS ones, but I bought all this stuff years and years ago before the values are what they are now. I have NOS items I paid 50 bucks for that are now easily worth 10-15 times as much or more.

I really love these accessories, they are just so much cooler than anything you find these days thats for sure!

Yea that would be the most common one I would imagine. Many of the Ford branded stuff was just aftermarket stuff they put their logo on.

Yup you got me there, air reserve canister. Didn't even realize I said that LOL. The Australian horns have vacuum tanks ;)

@@DentsideDepotIs everything backwards down under? No wonder Ozzyman has Destination F%&cked.

@@Daniel-Weaver Hahahaha

That vacuum "tank" was an Hawaiian Punch can painted black with a couple of fittings attached. Hawaiian Punch used to be sold in large cans, for the young among us. It was a reserve tank for the bigger trucks for brake booster.

@@blaydCA Man that brings me back, punching those cans out with the old style openers. Those were the days when sugar drinks had like 3 times the amount of sugar in them they have today.

That’s right; it indicated maximum vacuum the engine can be considered an air pump, and on deceleration the throttle plate in the carburetor is fully closed while the rpm’s are high - a condition that results in the “air pump” drawing against a closed intake, hence the highest vacuum. Whereas when the throttle is wide open the vacuum is lowest.

@@DanielinLaTuna you're mumbling. Nobody needs an explanation of how the guage or an engine works. The Depot kid mistakenly described the meaning of "decelerate" as indicated on the guage.

@@mwilliamshs well, in that case I’ll take back my thumbs up on your nearly “excellent” comment above… 😢