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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 12:43 PM
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Highboy w/ stepside?

I bought this 75 Highboy last weekend, it has a LWB stepside bed on it. Would these trucks have came from the factory with one of these or would this be somebody's idea?
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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Yes 1975 F-250's also came with Flare side boxes.

Stepside is a GM term.
Highboy is not a Ford term.

It is simply an F-250 4x4 that had a higher ride height and a narrower frame than later F250's that had started being produced half way thru 1977.
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 01:07 PM
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LOL ok won't call it a highboy anymore(pffft) or a stepside anymore (pffft). In fact I'm gonna start calling my other trucks 'fleetsides' LOL just teasing dennis
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 01:11 PM
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I know you are.

I have been doing a lot of "specifically thinking" lately.

Talking specifically with Medical and Government agency representatives will do that to a person in other areas.
 
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Yeah- sorry to hear that LOL
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 09:58 PM
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I'm still calling my truck a Highboy. Sorry to anyone that dont like it. Its usually the guys with Lowboys that dont care for the tearm. LOL!!
 
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Hello Down there.... Highboy


 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 11:18 PM
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I have only seen a few 8 foot FLARESIDEs over the years, I am partial to the ones with the spare tire mounted on the side, or were all the spares mounted on the side of the bed?

What year did this bed option end?



Other brands that are called by other names
Ford = Traclok(?, I forget)
Chevy = Posi(something like that)
Cola = Coke
facial tissue = Kleenex
Bleach = Clorox
ear cleaning thing = Qtip
and so on

sorry about my post
 
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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 05:20 AM
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Hello Down there.... Highboy


We all can make them taller, apples to apples, factory to factory.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 03:40 PM
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Ford = Traction Lok or Limited slip, Equa-Lock
Chevrolet - Posi-traction
GM: Gov-Lock
Buick Max-Trac
Pontiac- Safety-T-Trac
Mopar - Sure Grip
AMC - Trac-Loc & Twin-Grip
 
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Old Sep 2, 2007 | 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Mil1ion
Ford = Traction Lok or Limited slip, Equa-Lock
Chevrolet - Posi-traction
GM: Gov-Lock
Buick Max-Trac
Pontiac- Safety-T-Trac
Mopar - Sure Grip
AMC - Trac-Loc & Twin-Grip

Gov-Lock?

I just call it gov-bomb. For the most part is.
 
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