….
73-79 Crewcab
Posting Guru
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 1,518
Likes: 3
From: Spokane, WA
I got my 76 4X4 crew in Montana. It seems they're still around in the Pacific Northwest. Lots of em used for logging crummies or U.S.Forest Service. The logging ones are usually beat while many of the government ones are still pretty clean. Watch www.craigslist.com for the occasional bargain.
Jeff
Jeff
Elder User
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 530
Likes: 0
From: in country near Boone, IA
Originally Posted by daddyo4
Johaner78, I will look to see what I can find for your brake cables. Thanks for the info on the VIN #. I have a frame that I am going to build my truck on, but the cab mounts are all wallered out from the bushings holding moisture against them. I am welding steel plates over the holes, but I dont know what size hole to drill for the cab mounting bolts. Are your holes still good?
New User
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 1
Likes: 0
Are you still looking to rid of a couple of them? I'm looking at a 78 F-250 4x4 crewcab with some rust, any idea what its worth?
Originally Posted by blueknightcrew
Hey I currently have 8 73-79 crewcabs and I'm trying to sell a couple of them if your interested. Give me a shout. They did make shortboxes with the dual fuel doors, I've got a few. I'm putting one on my 76 project.
Junior User
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 68
Likes: 0
I would like to get a trim piece that goes between the front and rear doors on a '78 if you have a parts truck. I may be interested in a complete truck also. Email me at ccarpenter@qaltek.com if interested. Thanks.
FTE Leadership Emeritus
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 161,999
Likes: 75
From: 3rd Rock
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
AEV FXL Super Duty - the Super Duty Raptor Ford Doesn't Make
Brett Foote
Lobo Vs Lobo: Proof the F-150 Lobo Should Be Even Lower!
Michael S. Palmer
Ford's 2001 Explorer Sportsman Concept Looks For a New Home
Verdad Gallardo
10 Best Ford Truck Engines We Miss the Most!
Joe Kucinski
2026 Shelby F-150 Off-Road: Better Than a Raptor R?
Brett Foote
2027 Super Duty Carhartt Package First Look: 12 Things You NEED to Know!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Most Surprising 2026 Ford Truck Features!
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 Ford Trucks Coming to Mecum Indy 2026
Brett Foote
5 Best / 5 Worst Ford Truck Wheels of All Time
Joe Kucinski
New User
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 2
Likes: 0
I am also looking for a Crew Cab and I found a 1974 F-250 4x4 VIN F28YCU43316 on the internet but it has what I call a line truck bed (The one with all the doors on the side). Were F-250 made in different wheelbases? I would want to replace it with a regular short truck bed, it looks like it would fit. Is there a way I could tell for sure before I buy? With all of the talk of frame sizes what year beds would fit?
Elder User
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 530
Likes: 0
From: in country near Boone, IA
Originally Posted by daddyo4
Johaner78, I will look to see what I can find for your brake cables. Thanks for the info on the VIN #. I have a frame that I am going to build my truck on, but the cab mounts are all wallered out from the bushings holding moisture against them. I am welding steel plates over the holes, but I dont know what size hole to drill for the cab mounting bolts. Are your holes still good?
1 5/8". Hope that helps.
Junior User
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 57
Likes: 0
From: Oregon
I looked for one for about a year, drove hundreds of miles, literally....'not for sale' was what everyone told me whenever I did find one. I bought a '79, orange, 2wd logging truck just to get my hands on one.
A couple of months later I see '74? crewcab shortbox 4x4 and I followed it (stalked them) until they pulled into the local tire store. I walked up and said 'Hey, nice truck, know where I could find one?"
The passenger looked over at his brother (couple of loggers) and said to him, "Hey, you want to get rid of brownie?" Turns out they had a two-tone brown '79 4x4 sitting behind the barn in the horse pasture about 3miles from my house.
Horse had kicked a dent into the passenger door, shocks were toast but everything else was near perfect. Loved that granny low gear. Picked it up for 2K and put a 460 in it. Traded it later for my current Supercab because it has auto and AC (for the wife). Wish I still had that truck.
A couple of months later I see '74? crewcab shortbox 4x4 and I followed it (stalked them) until they pulled into the local tire store. I walked up and said 'Hey, nice truck, know where I could find one?"
The passenger looked over at his brother (couple of loggers) and said to him, "Hey, you want to get rid of brownie?" Turns out they had a two-tone brown '79 4x4 sitting behind the barn in the horse pasture about 3miles from my house.
Horse had kicked a dent into the passenger door, shocks were toast but everything else was near perfect. Loved that granny low gear. Picked it up for 2K and put a 460 in it. Traded it later for my current Supercab because it has auto and AC (for the wife). Wish I still had that truck.
New User
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 23
Likes: 0
From: Texas
I've just started reading this thread from the beginning so I can learn more about 73-78 crews. Here's where I'd like to end up when I'm done.
http://www.fordcummins.com/1974_ford.htm
http://www.fordcummins.com/1974_ford.htm
New User
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 17
Likes: 0
From: I'll always be a Texan!
my perversion!
Originally Posted by daddyo4
I've got a '78 f-250 crewcab stortbed with 2 fuel doors, but get this- only one tank! The rear door is inoperable' and seems to have a stud on the back of the door with a nut on it which prevents the door from opening. I have found no reason to suspect that the bed is not the original, but I can find no evidence that the truck ever had the second tank! There is a piece of angle iron rivited to the frame rails (from one side to the other) right in the middle of where the fuel tank should be. This truck (even though its a '78) has the narrow frame, like a pre-771/2. I know that the 78-79 (wide) frame held the tank between the frame rails, which would not be possible on this frame.
Senior User
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 297
Likes: 1
I bought mine for $900 off a farmer. It was pretty banged up but no rust which is amazing for here. I live in southern BC, canada and there are lots of these things around. In the last year I've probably run accross 4 for sale. I think the loggers used them a lot.