HIghboy info part 1

The Highboy’s are arguably the most popular truck from all of the 70s. The reason these are very desirable is because of the frames they are the strongest of comparable truck frames of that time. They are stronger because of the width and the amount of cross members that were used. These frames were sometimes called f350 frames even though they aren’t. Ford used that frame from 1967 to 1977.5 when they switched to the lowboy frames. Though it is said they switched in mid model year 1977 which is said to be February I have a highboy that was built in March. The way you can tell if it is a highboy is if the transmission and the transfer case are separated by a short drive shaft which is due to the frame. Another way to tell which is not as accurate but I have not seen this on anything but a highboy is the very front cross member which you can see below the front bumper. Most highboy’s had a power assisted steering ram which most of the time is swapped for an integral type from a newer truck the ram systems are very complicated and leaked a lot of fluid and when they wore out there would be about two inches of play in the steering. The highboy name was never a real name it was called that from the fans of the trucks they were called factory high riders from Ford. There is a lot more info on the Highboy’s I will have to add more in a different post.