Hey all, new to the forum, fng from KS here. I've negotiated a deal on a 60 F100 custom cab 4x4 shortbed. It's a done deal, just have to make time during the busy holidays to pick it up. But I have a few questions, I've searched the forum and found similar questions but not exact, so sorry if these have been asked previously.
1) What transfer case, front/rear diffs came on these trucks? (It's got the orig 6cyl in it now)
2) What's the easiest v8 motor/trans swap in these trucks and will I have to change the T-case?
3) will the 57 F100 grill bolt-on to a 60 F100?
Thanks for any and input guys

 

Well I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure they didn't offer a shortbed 4x4 until 66 so It could be on a different frame but it originally would have had a dana 24 and dana 44 front and a 9" rear. The transfer case should be a divorced style if so you should easily be able to do an engine swap. I'm not an expert but I have a pretty good idea.

 

the grille for the 57 used round turn signals that partially mounted in the fenders, so you will need the fenders from a 57 or 58 to mount the grille properly. also the gravel pans were different.

rgds
Mike

 

Thanks for the responses guys, it's appreciated.

I thought Ford offered 4x4's starting in 1959 (prior to that, other comp's converted them (?))

 

As far as my knowledge 59 was the first year ford made 4x4s in house

 

Never mind, my fault, you were correct in your 1st post