name this funky doodad

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:44 pm

i have never noticed this before until now because im currently repainting the inner fenders. what is this arch doohicky that looks like it holds something?
its on my right inner fender. i heard somewhere that a jack or something mounts somewhere on the truck. is this the place?

deciding whether i should take it off or put what belongs under it to keep the truck original. but i should find out what it is first.

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:45 pm

oh and another non related question of curiosity. why is there two horns?

lightning_msd · Post by **lightning_msd** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:51 pm

ya thats a jack lock or something, ford came with (still do) jacks from factory, they had them there all the way up to 1980 i believe.... as far as the 2 horns goes, im not sure but all my ford trucks seem to have 2 horns

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:51 pm

the first doo hickey is indeed your jack mount. these trucks had to horns a lo in the pass. side and a hi on the drivers.

looks like after market chevy style horns.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:53 pm

yes thats to hold the old crank style jacks for these trucks. and the two horns could be a hi and low horn setup. you can read on each horn it will say if its a hi horn or a low horn. if you have one of each. it is worth something guard it with your life. everyone wants one of those setups.

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:53 pm

ok. Thanks for the information! whats hi and lo for?

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:54 pm

ill go check what they are. be right back.

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:55 pm

one is lo tone the other hi tone together they make a loud horn. supposed to make the horn noise even and soud like it comes from the center of the grill.

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:57 pm

on is hi and the other is low. how much is it worth? are they rare or something?

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:58 pm

bass and trebble basically. the hi and lo are kind of hard to see if they are still mounted on the truck.

lightning_msd · Post by **lightning_msd** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:59 pm

what?!?! my horns on my 67 and my 79, and my 90 have 2 but they are both on the Drivers side, the only difference is on my 90 they face the passenger side, where as the others look like that

edit: both on the drivers side, not passenger side

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:01 pm

i could barely read that they were high and low. my face was on the radiator at one point but they are readable when mounted. the two horns in the picture are on the passenger side.

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:03 pm

not sure if there was a standard mounting but all the dual horn trucks ive had 3 so far have and all three have had one on each side of the radiator.

low on pass and hi on driverside. single wire horns that ground through thecore support.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:13 pm

do your horns have the ford logo on them?

HOWDY69 · Post by **HOWDY69** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:15 pm

I remember that song from high school

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