4x4 Dually
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I've seen plenty of cab and chassis dual wheel dentsides, some have definitely been 4X4, but I believe a guy emailed me trying to sell a 78 or 79 with dual wheels and a real bed, and by real I mean like, bump out wheel wells, real trim, a bed that was made from the Ford factory to be a dually bed, like any newer truck would have.
I remember it was a 250 for sure, and may well have been a 4X4. I'll try to dig up the picture, but does anybody know if these did exist?
AleX
I remember it was a 250 for sure, and may well have been a 4X4. I'll try to dig up the picture, but does anybody know if these did exist?
AleX
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There is no listing for a dually 4wd in my 79 Light Truck Facts book that Ford put out. I don't think there ever was a dually 4x4 prior to 79 built, only a 2wd version as far as I know.
The F-350 wasn't introduced till 79, this has a 77-earlier grill shell. Can you get the VIN# for this or the other truck? That would definetly clear things up. I'm guessing that both of these are home brewed.
79 and earlier the only way that a dually was available was in a cab and chassis model. No dually beds were ever made for this era from Ford.
The F-350 wasn't introduced till 79, this has a 77-earlier grill shell. Can you get the VIN# for this or the other truck? That would definetly clear things up. I'm guessing that both of these are home brewed.
79 and earlier the only way that a dually was available was in a cab and chassis model. No dually beds were ever made for this era from Ford.
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OK, the one I saw must have just been modified then I guess.
I wish I could find the picture, although there are plenty just right up on google images too, but I guess they all got like that the same way.
I wish I could find the picture, although there are plenty just right up on google images too, but I guess they all got like that the same way.
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Sorry ranger429, I saw these trucks on eBay motors a while ago and I just saved the pictures of them because they were very interesting looking but I didn't think of getting the VIN # for either one of them. 
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There were no dually dentside 4x4 cab and chassis built by the factory. There were some aftermarket companys that did conversions but they were very expensive. Napco built a few and Marmon-Harrigton built several. There was a company that built add-on dually fenders for dentside styleside beds for a short time. They looked simular to early Dodge dually fenders. You see a pair for sale once and a while on Evil-bay.
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Yep it says Custom. I'm pretty sure the owner of that truck put that on there because I have never seen one like that before. I wonder if these trucks came from the factory with the in-cab gas tanks?
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Yes they did.