I have a 79 F250 Custom 4x4. My question is is it a highboy or lowboy frame? How can you tell the difference?

 

Its a low boy.



1979 F350,4x4,NP435,5:13 gears,Detroit locker in rear with hardened shafts,ABR in the front,L&L Ladder Bars,360 with 428 crank & rods,390 HP heads,Centerforce Dual Friction Clutch,MSD Ignition,39.5x18 Boggers,bucket seats out of a Lightning,& a Southern Body that is perfect.




1997 F350 PowerStroke 4X4,36 Inch Super Swampers, Strait Piped, Chiped, Propane Injected, LUK Clutch

 

Correct.

Now I have a question, is it Highboy or Hiboy?

Barry

 

oh boy, oh boy....

 

I've always referred to the truck as "High Boy" due to the fact that the word "Hiboy" is already coined for the early 1930 roadsters with no fenders.

Just my 2 cents.
Graffe

 

That 79 F250 4x4 you have is the Lowboy starting in late 1977. The highboy frame design lasted only till early 1977, and also was the deal with the three driveshafts. The original 78-79 f250 4x4 with the Dana 60 frontend still sat pretty high, but not classified as the actual highboy though. ERIC D>

 

So you say "late 77". My 78' is a factory high boy. Was it built before ford switched? Also, What do you mean three drivelines? Still seriously confused by all of the different things I read.

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 15-Sep-02 AT 01:54&nbsp;PM (EST)]Let me clarify. First of all, "Hi-boy" or "Highboy" was the slang the public gave to the F-250s up untill the midyear change over in '77. It was never an official Ford term. They did indeed have the narrower frame and the tall stance...all F-250s of those years mentioned did. So you can spell it any way you like since there is no official spelling or terminology. I see it spelled both ways commonly. Secondly, I hear plenty of guys say "But I've got a <insert - '78, 79, 80, etc.> "Highboy". No, actually, you don't. That term, albeit slang, referred to the model of F-250 that was discontinued in 1977. This topic comes up all the time so I hope this helped.

 

I think the change over was in April of 77. All F-250 highboys had 3 driveshafts, NO fuel tank in the rear, and narrow rear frame. I haven't ever seen a highboy with integral P/s either.

 

Excuse my ignorance, but...

Is there something inheirantly cool about having a "Hi-boy," or does it just designate a certain style of early '70's 4x4??

 

any 67-77.5 f-250 4x4 is a "highboy" if u want to call it that, they all sat up high, nothing special

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 17-Sep-02 AT 08:18&nbsp;PM (EST)]Yes GeneStoner the HighBoy is the coolest truck there is.In fact,all other trucks pale in comparison.Except for the 1976 Ford F350 " Ultra HighBoy" with the optional supercharged 428

:-)

 

>Yes GeneStoner the HighBoy is the coolest truck there is.In
>fact,all other trucks pale in comparison.Except for the 1976
>Ford F350 " Ultra HighBoy" with the optional supercharged
>428
>
>:-)


Put down the crack pip and back away slowly :P

The "Highboys" are the coolest trucks ever though. Even the usually ignorant cheby guys love them.

 

>The "Highboys" are the coolest trucks ever though. Even the
>usually ignorant cheby guys love them.

Heheh..... and there you have it. Just listen to everyone talk about them. 25 years since the last one rolled off the assembly line and they're still talking about them. They're the truck that everyone wants and yet they have none of the desirable engines or drivetrains or brakes or gas tanks... It's funny that it's the truck with the name and the look that everyone wants....and yet it's the truck that no one wants to drive. The big old ford with no power steering, drum brakes, the smoking old 360 motor, the closed knuckles.... gas tank in the cab. Those highboys are the toughest ford trucks ever built... period. As you say, even the Chevy guys look at them with a little jealousy...curiousity...and fear.

 

I just got my 74F250 "Highboy" on the road after years of rebuilding. It drives like a tractor. I prefer "highboy" in refrence to it's height. "Hiboy" sounds kinda fay...