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After picking up the '75 F100 the other week, i convinced my father in-law to sell me the 1975 F250 Highboy he has been moving around his place. Its not quite as nice as the F100 is, but its there. It does have the 360 / 4-speed, detached transfer case. Supposed to run, but he handed me the carb.
Found a replacement hood, albeit a 78-79 hood. Hood is in pretty good shape, but the inner structure seems tweaked. Most of it is no longer bound to the skin.
I did cut out the original structure incase I get ambitious and feel the need to replace the later hood structure.
Should of just left the inner part in there and used the ol hood for a snow sled behind a 4 wheeler.....If you do not have a jig to hold the outer square when you reattach the inner, I am sure it is going to warp, trist, and or be outa wack. But good luck just the same.
I didn't get a lot of time on the truck, but I did get the hood back on it. I didn't do anything to the finish before installing it, just patched a few issues. I will strip it soon and get some rattle can paint on it.
I really need to decide what to do with the steering. I have the ram disconnected now, so its a manual steer, but its rough. I have looked at the electric concept, I have looked at the benchworks kit and have also found a kit that uses a CPP power box and hanging pitman arm just like the stock box. Even uses the factory holes, just know know how tough that box would be. Classic Crew Cabs has one of those same kits mentioned in a video, however he hasn't installed it yet.
Last night I added some 1.5" wheel spacers on the front end to try and create additional space between the drivers tire and the drag link/control module. I noticed there was no bolt in the turn stop tab. I added that, and adjusted it. Anyone know if that turn stop is supposed to bump the ball flange or one of the ball bolt heads? my tab has a bend on it, not certain if its supposed to be there.
@77&79F250
I was just reading thru the HIGHBOY COMPILATION of information. Very interesting data to digest.
It was interesting to read that the '77 F350 Crew Cab 2wd pickup had the strongest frame of the bunch. SuperCab was next.
@Voh
It looks like your work is cut-out for you (cutting, fitting and welding).
When I converted my '77 F350 2wd chassis to 4x4, I used '76 F250 highboy front crossmember, springs & frame mounts.
For a front 4x4 axle, I got lucky and found a '79 Dana 60 king-pin, high-pinion assembly which needed a full rebuild.
Then, for steering, I simply made a frame bracket to mount a '93 F150 power steering box for Cross-Over Steering.
I used the Dyna-Trac upper arms, and fabbed my own drag link and tie rod.
I wound up mounting a PanHard rod from a '79 full sized Bronco similar to the later SuperDuty setup.
In the end, the restoration was a two-year build working evenings after my day job.
The reason for using the PS box from a '93 F150 2wd, was because they are readily available at $40.00 a pop at Pick-n-Pull.
To accommodate the new PS box inside the frame rail, I had to modify the PS pump mount to locate the pump higher-up.
My completed pickup appears to be Bone-Stock, but there really isn't any original parts other than the F350 Crew chassis.
The cab came from a 2wd Crew, the long-bed box came from a standard cab pickup, the hot-rodded 300 Six was assembled from pieces and parts. Crews had in-cab fuel tanks. I removed the Aux fuel tank and frame brackets from the 2wd F250 Crew, and modified them to fit the F350 chassis. The story is endless, and our choices are endless. _ haha
