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Originally Posted by BadgerA
Thank you for your feedback Bob. Referencing the JS, if you go to 12-33 it states:
Inside cab-Body color or black painted finish.
So,,,, which is it?
Also, no mention of the finish of the rear window frame hardware that I can find. Thanks again.
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I don't have the Stds in front of me to read the entire text of what you have referenced, however if they give you an "or", then you have the freedom to use whichever color you prefer.
As for the hardware, I would start by determining what is the correct style and length of fastener for that 'window frame'. Once that is determined, look in Mick Isbell's Hardware Book and match up the fastener size with a part number. Then find a Part's Price List book that was released both before and after your vehicle's production date. In the area after mechanical parts but before the AA parts, there is generally 3-5 pages of just various fasteners listed by their part number. Generally speaking, there is a S code beside the description that would give the finish. If my memory is correct, S-2 is Raven and S-6 is Nickel. The same fastener may have two different part numbers and the only difference is the finish. Hopefully thru process elimination, if there is not any S-2 listed for that size fastener, then you know the correct finish is Nickel.
As for another way, if you look in the Body Parts Price List, there should be a part number for the moulding listed. I will tell you that Ford did not call it a rear window frame or moulding. Most of those type window frames he called 'Strip'. If you look in that book, likely you will find the correct part number for the "Frame" that was used. Often times you if you look on the original print, it will specify the fasteners used and all other surrounding components such as the glass and such. At the top right of the print will also be EI (engineering information) that will give some insight. Maybe something like a certain fastener was used until a certain date and then it was superseded by a different finish. I am not that up on commercial stuff in my research, but it is believable to me they used one finish for an A pick-up, and a different finish for the AA. Maybe they intended one type for the DeLuxe pick-up?
I will tell you that Ford often used the same fastener with several different finishes in differing areas of the vehicle. What gets confusing is he may have used a Nickel finish in a utilitarian vehicle simply because they only needed one type finish throughout production and the cost of inventorying multiple finishes vs. a single finish was not prudent to do.
Good luck on this, and if I can be of help let me know. I need to go to Benson within the next month or so, and if I am able, I will be happy to look up the print and see if it gives any info on that.