FACTORY Highboy?
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FACTORY Highboy?
How can I find out if my 78 F-150 short-box is a factory highboy. I've searched the web for a site where I can input the VIN but was unsuccessful. And, if it is a factory highboy, does that increase its value?
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Check out the FAQ's for this site, about halfway down there's a post with lots of info on the "highboy": https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...d.php?t=102632
It's just a 73-77.5 F-250, no lift kit or anything special . . . well, other than the fact that it's a Ford.
It's just a 73-77.5 F-250, no lift kit or anything special . . . well, other than the fact that it's a Ford.
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If the supercab or crewcab was an F-250, built from 73-77.5 then yes, it would qualify as a "highboy". Come to think of it I don't know that I remember seeing one. But remember this: "highboy" is a term that WE give these trucks. Ford never produced a "highboy", just an F-250 4x4. Stock, it sat higher than the rest of the trucks hence the nickname, but there's no special lift or anything that came with it. It's just an F-250 4x4.
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super cab highboys
They started making the supercab in 4x4 250 in 76
and they do have the sam suspension and steering as the highboy.
one thing about them that is cool is most if not all of them had the spicer dana 60 front axle
and they do have the sam suspension and steering as the highboy.
one thing about them that is cool is most if not all of them had the spicer dana 60 front axle
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Originally Posted by 62uni4x4
one thing about them that is cool is most if not all of them had the spicer dana 60 front axle
Dana 60 fronts were also availble in later F-250 "Snowfighter" trucks, I believe to support the weight of a plow . . . or maybe for crazy offroaders. 
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Originally Posted by ivanribic
"Does that make MY truck a highboy?" Dana 60 fronts were also availble in later F-250 "Snowfighter" trucks, I believe to support the weight of a plow . . . or maybe for crazy offroaders.
Dana 60 fronts were also availble in later F-250 "Snowfighter" trucks, I believe to support the weight of a plow . . . or maybe for crazy offroaders. I was saying that the super cabs mostly all came with 60 not highboys
78/79 350s also got the 60
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vin identification
http://www.medicine.wisc.edu/~mrm/bronco/ftvin.cgi
Here is a link that you can find out exactly what you have
Just put in your vin and the axle codes and trans code
They even tell you where it was built
Here is a link that you can find out exactly what you have
Just put in your vin and the axle codes and trans code
They even tell you where it was built
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