Pat asked me to put all the photo's I've taken of the highboy project in one place for you guys to check out, so here goes. I'm sorry about the quality of all the pictures in advance, I use my cell phone for all of my pictures because I don't own a camera.

The truck is a 1974 F250 4x4. It has 4.10 gears, an NP435 4 speed, a 429 engine, NP205 xfer case, Dana 60 rear, and a Dana 44HD up front

These are all from the day after I brought her home.










The first thing I did was replace the entire brakes system. From the master cylinder, all the way to the rear lines. New drums, shoes, the works! $500 in brakes alone on this bad-boy Sorry, I didn't take any photos when I was doing all the brake work..

After a lot of thinking and researching, I decided to swap in a 429 that my uncle had laying around. I bought the highboy with no engine or radiator.

Here is a shot of the engine as it had been sitting for the last ~8 years.


Then I started removing all the accessories, and pulled the transmission off of the engine. I wanted to keep the NP435 that was in the highboy.


Then I got the engine on the stand and power washed/de-greased the heck out of it.


This was a picture I sent to my girlfriend, she loves Ford trucks as much as I do.


Then I turned the engine over and checked the main bearings. At this time I also checked the timing chain, put in a new water pump, etc, etc..


I also bought a gasket set for an overhaul and replaced about 80% of the gaskets in the engine. Then I gave her a coat of Ford blue. (It is a lot darker than it appears in this picture).


Then we got the engine dropped into the truck. This took a lot of cussing and fabricating.. I won't go into details here, but if you want to know what it takes to swap a big block into a highboy, google "390 to 460 swap".


Then came the radiator, fan shroud, and hoses. As well as all the accessories, belts, and fabricated bracket for the power steering pump.


I then decided to use the duraspark distributor with the HEI "chevy" module. So far it is working great.


Sometime in the mix of all of that chaos, I managed to repair a lot of rust. Both cab mounts up front needed replaced, as well as both floor boards. Sorry, I don't have any pictures of the cab mounts.




Here are some shots of the interior. I pulled a lot of pieces out of a parts truck I bought, and had the seat reupholstered.








I am still FAR from finished with this project. As of now I am saving up money for exhaust, and the truck will be road-ready. If there is anything anyone would like to know what/how I did something, feel free to shoot me a PM. I love talking about this project.

Special thanks to our fearless leader, Pat. If he hadn't suggested this thread, I probably never would have put all these photo's together in one spot.