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Nov 7, 2005 | 05:42 PM

OLBLUE2

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stepside questions

i drove past a 78 or 79 stepside that was for sale.

did they come in 3/4 ton models or just 1/2 ton?

how rare are they?

its a 351 auto 4x4 .

Nov 7, 2005 | 05:43 PM

OLBLUE2

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it was 800.00 obo good deal?

Nov 8, 2005 | 06:32 AM

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I have only ever seen 1/2 ton stepsides. I could be wrong though

Nov 8, 2005 | 07:46 PM

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they did make step side 3/4 ton trucks,but the box was an 8 foot step side(BTW,ford calls them flareside)they were not short box or less than 133" wheel base.at least back in the 67 -79 era.lots of guys swap in 3/4 ton diffs,or some shorten the frames to fit short boxs on them though.its common knowledge that ford 1/2 ton 4x4s are coil sprung in the front (except supercabs),and 3/4 and 1 tons are leaf sprung in the front.if the vin # starts out -f25,or f26,it started out as a 3/4 ton,if it starts out f10,or f15 it started out a 1/2 ton, as far as i have bin told.some one correct me if ive bin miss informed.-billy