A factory installed 460 in a 4x4 f250. Yeah right!
Also says this 1977 is smog exempt in California. I don't think so.

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/3716183233.html

 

Wouldn't a 77 have square headlights not round?

 

And just what is a "Bureau of Automotive Repair" engine identification tag? It sure ain't factory and nowhere on the tag is the state of CA referenced. I smell a rat.

 

No , headlights and grill are correct , rectangle [square] headlights were in 79 , with a few in some models in 78. VIN tag looks legit but I believe it's fake , probably picked up on e-bay . Oh well somebody on the forum , Number Dummy ? , will know.

 

Interesting. I have a 78' with square headlights, I just assumed someone swapped them from a 79', is there any way to find out if it came factory fresh as a 78' with square headlights?

 

I think it may have been something to do with the trim package when it was purchased , Number Dummy will know. I'v owned five 79 pickups and one bronco ,but no 78s. All of mine had the rectangle head lights. Sometimes they may get swapped in by the owners but i thought the panel the buckets are bolted too were different for the rectangle headlights , I'm not sure though. I don't know if there is any way to know for sure which headlights came in them new.

 

The guy it bought it from insisted it was 100% unmolested except for the Dana 60 rearrear he swapped in. I just assumed the lights were from a 79'.

 

he had it on ebay a while back...there was a thread on it here...

 

Is it an xlt lariat? I believe the lariats had the square headlights in '78.

 

Nah, F-100 Ranger Explorer.

 

Yup, this truck has been discussed here before. I contacted the original poster (don't know if it's the same guy) but he sent me a picture of the "factory data plate" that proves it's "factory" and proves it smog exempt......ain't gonna happen!
The "Bureau of Automotive Repair" is a California bureaucracy to check on compliance after a car/truck has had major repairs.
As anyone who lives in Cali knows, it's the year of the vehicle, not the engine that determines smog compliance. If it wasn't, we'd see more late model vehicles with pre-75 powertrains .
Here is a picture of the "plate" the previous (?) owner sent me.
This truck is nowhere near original, definitely NOT factory 460.

 

i cant see why a f250 wouldnt have a factory 460 if they were in f150s???

 

You could get a 460 in an F-250, just not one equipped with 4x4.

 

apparently the Ranger trim level was where the rectangle headlights were standard: p08

Optional chrome grill too, I didnt remember that....

 

Because ford didn't put them in 4x4's until 1983.