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Is there a way to determine whether your truck came with the horn ring in the steering wheel?

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67 trucks had a horn button similar to the horn ring but it had no ring just the center part. 68 - 69 had the horn ring and button as one piece. 70-72 had a horn pad that went across the center of the steering wheel.
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for the 68-69 the horn ring and button were on all three packages offered, the base, custom cab and ranger?
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heres what kieth has to say about it. i know ranger had the ring on it. http://www.fordification.com/67-72ID.htm
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Mine is a 67 Ranger and it came with a ring.
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Yeah, I read that which raised the question for me of whether the horn ring was standard in the Custom Cab or part of a package you could get for it. Mine came with the added gauges in the instrument panel as well as the nicer seat package so I would assume it also had the horn ring. Thanks very much.
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what do your emblems say on them. that should tell you something more.
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which emblems are you talking about? the previous owner put an aftermarket steering wheel on it and he is no longer around so I can't ask him.
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on the body and the glove box maybe.
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yeah, no additional help from them. Thanks for the quick replies; they help confirm my original assumption.
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my 68 cc has a ring. gets in the way sometimes when "aggressively" turning the wheel tho.
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manual steering?
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fordman wrote:manual steering?
if you mean "armstrong" steering, then yes. the ring looks cool, but the button stays out of the way.
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Steering wheels for all 1967-1970 models (pictured above) were the same and used a three-spoke design. The standard wheel (pictured above left) uses a simple horn button, while the Deluxe wheel available with the '69-'70 Ranger and Custom Cab packages incorporated a horn ring (upper right). The three-spoke wheel was used on '61-'70 trucks and on '60-'63 Ford Falcons
This is interesting... my 67 Camper Special has a horn ring, and it appears to be the original steering wheel. It matches the column, and I don't see any sign they've ever been removed or replaced.

In addition to this, my grandpa had a 67 Camper Special when I was a kid, just like mine. One of the things I remember about it the most? The horn ring! What kid doesn't like to play with the horn?

I believe the horn ring WAS an option with the 67's. Check out the picture for item #28 in this brochure from 1967...

http://www.fordification.com/lit/images ... re_p15.jpg
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i always thought all 67 were a button instead of a ring. i guess i was wrong.
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