Hey y'all, I was just wondering how you can tell if a truck is a highboy or not. The guy I bought my truck off says it is a highboy , and the frame is a 77 frame. I'm not too sure. I have a 79 cab and a 78 box on it. But one thing I did notice is there are spacers between the axles and the leaf springs, they're not lift blocks because the lift blocks are underneath them. I dunno what to make of this, any ideas?

 

One quick way to check is to look at the front leaf springs from the side. If they look like a smile, , it is a "highboy". If they look like a frown, , it is a "lowboy".
Hope this helps.

Sparky

 

Gord, Sparky is right, but high boy is a term not a truck model. Most of the early Ford 4X4 trucks were high off the ground with tall skinny tires, and the term "highboy" was started and stuck. :-)

John
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You know what's weird, I don't even have front leaf springs. Coil Springs? wassup wit dat?

 

It's a half ton if it has coils in the front.

 

 

all 1/2 ton ford 4x4 trucks between the years of 1965 and 1979 had a coil sprun live axle front suspension (in 80 they made the ttb crap), the front coil spring suspension is very durable and can flex like a wrangler, my brother has a 71 with coils and he has had the pass tire on a 3ft stump and the driver on the ground and the cab was level

 

just don't forget the f-150 4x4 supercabs in 78 and 79, they used the f-250 frame and had leaf springs in the front.