Overrider boots or overrider boxes?

[Bob Gaines]

Hey to all,
Just re read the book by Chuck Cantwell and page 105 shows the boot and the foot note mentions a shifter boot from a Ford truck....may not be from a parking brake as we thought. Most likely an
Obsolete part from Ford, somewhere or somehow it would be nice to have the original part  number
To chase. My guess is in the 7200 range of Ford numbers.
R.R.

Pictures seem to indicate a park brake boot.

[98SVT - was 06GT]

Hey to all,
Just re read the book by Chuck Cantwell and page 105 shows the boot and the foot note mentions a shifter boot from a Ford truck....may not be from a parking brake as we thought. Most likely an
Obsolete part from Ford, somewhere or somehow it would be nice to have the original part  number
To chase. My guess is in the 7200 range of Ford numbers.
R.R.

Pictures seem to indicate a park brake boot.

Yes - large exit hole for tubular ebrake handle not smaller dia solid shifter rod. I tried searching 50/60s Ford big truck interior pics to no avail. Maybe some of the period sales brochures would have detailed interior shots.

[SFM5S159]

I noticed in this thread several of the cars mentioned were in the #800 range.  When did the change to underrides happen in '66?  I thought it applied to the first 252 cars, but overrides occurred past that number range?

Thanks. 

[TLea]

I have a NOS one of these. Unfortunately no tag on it anymore. My understanding is that it sourced from a F 450

Here are a couple of shots from an early 66 with the original boots that I believe have been shared here before. Like others these were formed in a rectangle shape with crisp sharp edges on the four corners.

Hope these help

[J_Speegle]

I noticed in this thread several of the cars mentioned were in the #800 range.  When did the change to underrides happen in '66?  I thought it applied to the first 252 cars, but overrides occurred past that number range?

Thanks. 

The Registry sets the change over as being around car #920. Of course there was the change to the "kinked" bar during that period prior to the change over between upper and lower styles also

[s2ms]

Just for grins I installed the C6TZ parking brake boot mentioned in reply #4 onto an OE traction bar (underride) I had laying around, looks to fit nicely:

[Bob Gaines]

Just for grins I installed the C6TZ parking brake boot mentioned in reply #4 onto an OE traction bar (underride) I had laying around, looks to fit nicely:

That will work fine from a practical standpoint but I believe that if looking in the override hole under the car you would be able to tell the difference between that and the original one. Of course that would only make a difference if noticed in a concours judged venue.

[s2ms]

That will work fine from a practical standpoint but I believe that if looking in the override hole under the car you would be able to tell the difference between that and the original one. Of course that would only make a difference if noticed in a concours judged venue.

Agreed. Guess I need clarification on one thing though...is the large OE triangular boot actually considered a parking brake handle boot? I've never seen one in person but from the photos they look too rigid to be functional for a moving handle, unlike the C6 and C7 truck boots shown in mine and Richard's photos. Regardless, it seem to be something that could be easily 3D printed. 

[TLea]

It is very rigid

[98SVT - was 06GT]

1964 F800 - no boot but same shape (size?) hole as for the Tbar.