Hi all,

I'm thinking about trying to acquire a '73-'79 crew cab. How rare are these? I sure don't see many, so should I scoop up whatever I can find (BTW, I don't care about condition or drivetrain)? How 'bout super cabs? I see a lot more of those, I guess.

Thanks!

 

Here in ohio they are very rare ive only ever seen 2 and the were both 2wds dually 1 tons. One is red and its got a utility body on it and its rotted to bits and another one was at the local dirt trak carying a super late model stock car on its back and it was in good shape and set up to haul a stock car. Ive never seen one for sale or I would have bought it. Most crew cabs were ether city/ state or company trucks (popular loging and oil feild truck) so most were beaten to death and thrown away. My next truck that I build will be a 73-79 cc because I love crew cabs and I cant aford a new super duty.

 

The crewcab was/is used in the oil patch by lots of companies, both large and small. If you need one of the 73-9 style, you better hurry. These are getting used up fast. Our local salvage yard has 2 of them, both F-260 4x4s, in various conditions. Look in Texas and Oklahoma, you will probably find one there.

 

there are 3 in the local truck trader here in Phx,AZ. one for $24.000 4x4 total frame off resto, one for $17,000 4x4 frame on resto and one for $5000 2wd a really nice daily driver. if you want they're numbers let me know. i just sold one to a guy in Indiana. it was shipped out this passed monday. maybe some of you have seen it in transit. it was tan/rust color. sold it for $6000

 

Has anyone ever seen one with a stock 300 six and four speed.

 

theres a 78 super cab 4x4 sitting in the tow lot next door to where i work. i think the guy wants $1500 for it. it's a little rough but not to bad. if i had the cash i would snag it and make it a project.

 

are crew cabs or super cabs more rare? which is more desireable? both come in 4x4? when did they begin making each?
thanks

 

crew cabs are rarer, they both came in 4x4's and its realy your preferance on which one to get. a CC LB will have the turning radius of and aircraft carrier though LOL

 

thanks, do you know when the first years for them (Crew and Super) were?

 

The first year for the supercab was 74, 4x4 supercabs was 78 and only longbeds. first year for crew's was somewhere in the 60's, first they were 2 trucks pieced together and the same year truck can be different then the next. The earliest I have seen is 60. I think they were even offered as 4x4 then. You can only get a crew 4x4 in a shortbed unless it was converted. There are alot of supercab 4x4 around where I live, and alot in junkyards, but hardly any crews, just 2 or 3, and one in the junkyard that has been there for 10 years and is shot.

 

as a general rule F-250s are short bed, and F-350s are long beds. both available as 2wd or 4x4. I have a 1976 F-250 Ranger XLT in pretty good restorable shape 460/c-6 a/c ranger interior deluxe door panels (good luck finding rear deluxe door panels) cloth seats, plush carpet, no rust california truck, etc... I was selling it on e-bay, then my dad found out, bought it on e-bay, then scolded me and told me to keep it. (so I got like $1600 and got to keep my truck...) I told my wife I was selling it, I wasnt lying...

I want to stretch it into a lwb F-350 as I have no real use for a swb truck, but its cool to have one at all I guess.

I also have a 1979 F-600 crewcab, much more rare, I'm turning it into a pickup for personal use right now 370/5-sp.

 

A guy in town here who does alot of custom builds and rods and the like has a 77 f150 EXTENDED CAB CREWCAB. yes, I said it. He took a CC chopped the back , added a regular cab roof doors and back panel and extended the frame for a long box.Its like a limo inside with 4 buckets and Lots of rear legroom!

 

that is what I plan to do with my F-600 crewcab. add a supercab rear section.

I would like to use a 1995-97 rear mini-bench seat, and two 40/20/40 seats all in grey.

the A/C unit is on order, and the 22.5 alcoas are in the cards too...

 

79wils, could you get some pictures of that truck, I am very curious how that looks. I have been thinking of trying that sometime, have the full bench in back with more storage behind the seat. Thanks for whatever you can get.

 

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