moderndaynorseman
Active member
I have always loved old pickups, so I'll definitely be watching this!
1975 F250 Highboy Crewcab 4x4 Project
- Thread starter sokoloka
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After a lull in the action ...
Progress beings! First build stage is get this thing moving under it's own power for the first time in who knows how long. Locked 360FE/C6 combo got yanked and have a running 360FE/rebuilt C6 combo that's getting dropped right back in until I decide on a future drivetrain swap.
Progress beings! First build stage is get this thing moving under it's own power for the first time in who knows how long. Locked 360FE/C6 combo got yanked and have a running 360FE/rebuilt C6 combo that's getting dropped right back in until I decide on a future drivetrain swap.
toddz69
Explorer
Is that a commonly available aftermarket part or did you fab it yourself?
There isn't a Highboy out there that hasn't had a chain wrapped around the front leaf mount crossmember so had a fully boxed one fabricated with recovery points to swap back in while the front end was apart for the engine swap.
Thanks,
Todd Z.
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Little business my friend Darin started, he prototyped it out on another Highboy project of mine and made a second for the crewcab.
nickw
Adventurer
Absolutely love it - my first thought was 7.3 Godzilla swap then I scrolled down, 100% the right call. I'd (personally) leave a bit of patina on that sucker and deck out the engine bay/undercarriage/retro interior but you've got a a super cool rig there....two of them actually. Please report back and take pics as you restore.
Depending how frisky I get, may eventually end up with a 7.3L Godzilla & 10spd swap, just like the tow rig has.
100%! I'm a patina lover myself, this will be a multi stage build but end goal is for mechanically perfect underneath with some rusty crusty to go all around up top. Toying with getting it registered over the weekend as extra motivation to get it running under it's own power asap.
Absolutely. He's kind enough to store some of my other projects so he can have at them in terms of prototyping needs etc. Happy to see some of the work come to fruition!
Kingsize24
Well-known member
Are you going to bolt them in or rivet them like the factory?
These will be bolted back in.
ThundahBeagle
Well-known member
When I was a kid, my father had a '78 Ford F150. Or maybe it was and F100. They might have even been called Explorer back then. 2 wheel drive, 8 foot bed, single cab, metallic forest green. We logged a lot and beat the shiite out of that truck.
Not a Hight Boy by any stretch but that's what developed my appreciation for pickups. Except I gravitated towards 4x4 and Chevy
Not a Hight Boy by any stretch but that's what developed my appreciation for pickups. Except I gravitated towards 4x4 and Chevy
