75 Highboy Resto-Mod Build
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Looking really good. I wish I was able to make this much progress on my truck. I personally like the 79 front clip (I'm a little bias), but i think it's more important to maintain a somewhat original appearance. Great job on the LEDs too, I might have to steal your idea 
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Looking really good. I wish I was able to make this much progress on my truck. I personally like the 79 front clip (I'm a little bias), but i think it's more important to maintain a somewhat original appearance. Great job on the LEDs too, I might have to steal your idea
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Well, my day was spent filling the 12 holes in the passenger door from different mirror configurations over time. My new mirrors should be here tomorrow to start test fitting before I do the rest of my filler work.
After removing a 16th of an inch of bondo
Welded up
After grinding and some stud pulling
After removing a 16th of an inch of bondo
Welded up
After grinding and some stud pulling
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So i just read thru your thread and i probably missed it somewhere but what size of lift do you have? right now i have a 6 inch lift with 35s and im thinkin about going to a 4 inch lift with 33s and im wondering what it will look like. I like the stance of yours do you have any rubbing issues?
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Needs some 38.5s! Are you sure that's only a 36" It looks awfully high up there. Although I notice there is no drivetrain, so that might have something to do with it.
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has a skyjacker 4" suspension lift ( 4" springs in front 2" in back ), i made custom drop brackets for the front springs with longer shackles and also dropped the rear hangers down 3" and added a 1" block. front should settle a bit when i drop the 460 in this coming spring.
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By the time these late 60's-late 70's trucks have been around this long, many have been reconfigured or changed, especially the 4wd versions! you still see quite a lot of relatively unchanged 2wd's, but ALL the 4wd ones ive owned have had plenty of changes. I started off with a 72 F100 4wd on F250 axles, with integral power steering, front disk brakes, and a 428 under the hood, hardly a stock configuration. Since selling that years ago, ive owned two Bumpside 250 highboys, both had power assist steering, one had a 390 and a Camper Special body, again not stock for those years! My current 76 highboy has a 390, integral power steering, front disk brakes, and a PTO winch that holds about 300 feet of 3/8" cable, hardly a light duty winch.....Later today, im picking up an early 77, another highboy that has a 78 or later front end on it......Point being these F series 4bys often times got used hard, beat up, and got modified when a previous owner broke it, blew it up, wrecked it, or simply wished to change it!
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That explains the 28 holes I had to weld up in the doors lol my trucks been through several incarnations...
After 2 days of hole filling and door straightening I drilled and cut it up again today for my OBS F-series mirrors. I love the clean new look with them. Not too modern, but just enough to spice it up a bit.
After 2 days of hole filling and door straightening I drilled and cut it up again today for my OBS F-series mirrors. I love the clean new look with them. Not too modern, but just enough to spice it up a bit.
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Well today I got a brand new fender from LKQ for it through school, another kid ordered it, but didn't have the money, so I jumped on it to save some work. I also pulled the door to asses the rust situation, and it's worse that I had previously thought. I'll be chopping the section out of a donor truck Monday for it and hopefully have it the cab solid by the end of next week.
This is why they put those inner fender liners there. The other side is real solid, this one had the liner busted out when they rolled the fender under, and you can see the result of road debris and salt
Door hinge area was so rotten, both bolts snapped right off.
This is why they put those inner fender liners there. The other side is real solid, this one had the liner busted out when they rolled the fender under, and you can see the result of road debris and salt
Door hinge area was so rotten, both bolts snapped right off.
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I'm actually really torn. Ruby Red, Oxford white White, or dark metallic Blue... Have yet to decide. I was dead set of blue when I got it, but the other options aren't as common on these.
