What is a Ford Highboy, what is differnet in a Highboy compared to the original truck?

Also Did highboys come off the factory like that or is it somthing added to the truck after it was mad??

 

First off .."Highboy" is NOT a Ford term

It is a slang term for a higher than normal F250.

See post #8

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ease-read.html

 

67-77.5 F250 4wds that were taller than typical trucks in that era. They came from Ford this way.

Since this was not a Ford term. I wonder when were they first referred to as "Highboys"? Was it after the 77.5 up trucks came out?

Jason

 

There are a TON of posts on the subject. It's loosely used for the 73-77 4x4 F250s, but the term actually is meant to tell the difference between the 77 & 77.5 trucks. The latter of which has the negative arch leaf springs, making it sit around 4 inches lower.

It not being a factory term, it's all open to interpretation, but the folks who have a TRUE highboy (early 77 F250 4x4) are very particular about what is called a highboy. The term couldn't have existed until the 77.5 trucks came around, as everything beforehand was just a 4x4 F250. The bump-side (67-72) trucks have no involvement in the highboy/lowboy talk.

Highboy is used many times as a selling point for old 4x4 Fords. The same as the 351m becomes a Cleveland and the 360 is suddenly a 390 at selling time.

 

To name just a few of the easier to spot differences, a highboy will have no less then three drive shafts underneath and a crossmember under the front bumper.

 

the highboy frames such as mine are narrower, approx. 34 inches on the outsides

 

"Divorced" transfer case (not attached to motor) with brace bar ,2 1/4 wide rear springs,
6 leafs in front spring pack

77.5 has 2 leafs in front, 3" wide rear springs

 

would a 73 highboy be better than the 72??

 

Well, I'm not a 4x4 owner and I never have had one(though I wish I did), but in my opinion to which is better to have(72 or 73) depends on your prefernce of body style(bumpside or dentside), so its entirely up to you. Me personally would have the 73, as I prefer dentsides to everything else.

 

Someone needs to create a sticky for highboy's. This question get's asked about twice a month it seems like.

 

I have a 77 highboy... and yes it has a divorced transfer case and the whole 9 yards. The part i dont know is... it has a gas tank behind the seat and a door for a tank on the bedside on the driver read, but no tank under the truck. What happened, no one seams to know???

 

i have a 77 highboy. gas tank behind the seat, and a door for a tank on the driver side rear, but no tank underneath. no one seams to know where the tank originally goes on this truck, can you help??

 

You probably have a swapped on bed from a later model.

 

That's a dummy door...can't remember why Ford did it...but I only recall it being on 77's.

 

Google Search

No...because it can be Googled just as easily, and Wikipedia has a really nice write-up on F-Series trucks from the first generation to the latest. Wikipedia isn't an "official" source, but there's enough information available from a simple Google search to answer the question instead of posting the same question over and over here.