Perfect highboy build
Laughing Gas
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That's all personal preference and depends on what you want in the end.
Do you have more time or money? Do you want top resale or something to take out 4 wheeling? Do you want 100% stock, mostly stock, or a lot of modern updates? What level of skills and experience do you have?
Do you have more time or money? Do you want top resale or something to take out 4 wheeling? Do you want 100% stock, mostly stock, or a lot of modern updates? What level of skills and experience do you have?
Tuned
Joined: Jul 2019
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From: Evansville, Indiana
Look at this thread by Smokydiesel. A lot of good details and worth scrolling through. https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...4x4+conversion
Cargo Master
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Old saying, it is, what it is. Standards in performance keep changing every year model. Assuming you prefer the styling of a '67-'72, anything can be done, but it will get expensive. IMO, swallow your pride, find a '77 1/2- '79 F 250 4x4, styling is similiar. Ford spent alot of money re engineering the F 250 4x4 to make it more driver friendly and received 4x4 of the year in '77 due to the changes.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Mandan, ND
Old saying, it is, what it is. Standards in performance keep changing every year model. Assuming you prefer the styling of a '67-'72, anything can be done, but it will get expensive. IMO, swallow your pride, find a '77 1/2- '79 F 250 4x4, styling is similiar. Ford spent alot of money re engineering the F 250 4x4 to make it more driver friendly and received 4x4 of the year in '77 due to the changes.
See my thread here for another take, and I am just getting started...
Cargo Master
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From: North Pole, Alaska
There is another way to get a 67-72 F-250 4wd using a modern drivetrain. Buy a 2wd F-250 and convert using a Battle Born Brakes kit, using 2005+ Super Duty axles and PS gear which you have to provide.
https://www.battlebornbrakes.com/pro...suspension-kit
https://www.battlebornbrakes.com/pro...suspension-kit
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Cargo Master
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From: Chandler, AZ
There is another way to get a 67-72 F-250 4wd using a modern drivetrain. Buy a 2wd F-250 and convert using a Battle Born Brakes kit, using 2005+ Super Duty axles and PS gear which you have to provide.
https://www.battlebornbrakes.com/pro...suspension-kit
https://www.battlebornbrakes.com/pro...suspension-kit
I get that most people don't have the ability to build a custom chassis/suspension, so this enables a bolt on type of install. Price is decent.
But after all that work and money those stock radius arms hanging way down are a fail. So not the 'perfect' highboy recipe IMO, but maybe for others.
where does driveshaft go? suspension x-member is right in the way.
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Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Mandan, ND
Although the build quality and design of the brackets is nice, the overall integration is hack, sorry. Looks out of place.
I get that most people don't have the ability to build a custom chassis/suspension, so this enables a bolt on type of install. Price is decent.
But after all that work and money those stock radius arms hanging way down are a fail. So not the 'perfect' highboy recipe IMO, but maybe for others.
where does driveshaft go? suspension x-member is right in the way.
I get that most people don't have the ability to build a custom chassis/suspension, so this enables a bolt on type of install. Price is decent.
But after all that work and money those stock radius arms hanging way down are a fail. So not the 'perfect' highboy recipe IMO, but maybe for others.
where does driveshaft go? suspension x-member is right in the way.
A "perfect" truck is what you think it is. Stock High Boys are horrible trucks. Power steering, disc brakes, better engines, better trans, better t-case, are all great fixes to a bad truck (stock).
If all you want is the look, there are many ways to accomplish that with modern comforts.
Cargo Master
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From: North Pole, Alaska
Obviously they offer both types: brackets for HB front SD leaves, and a bracket kit for 2005+ SD coil and radius arm conversions:
https://www.battlebornbrakes.com/for...s-73-79?page=2
https://www.battlebornbrakes.com/for...s-73-79?page=2
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