HIGHBOY..... What was fords reason for this???

[rustbucket72]

i was kinda courious why did ford make a highboy ? i know what makes a highboy a highboy but why was these changes made to certian trucks ?? and are they rare? i bought a 1972 highboy which needs complete restoration (hense the name rust bucket72) im the third owner it went from a farm truck when it was new till about 2005 them it became a mudding/ pulling truck so its been well used and abused but i love it anyway ive been trying to find info on why a highboy was a highboy and having no luck so i thought id ask the experts!! thx rustbucket72

[rustbucket72]

***sorry this post is on here twice i made a typo on my signaure and when i fixed it it re-submitted my post***

[Whateverman]

highboys are basically all 67-mid 77 f250 4x4's . they changed things around in 77 to lower them abit. They also went from fe's and divorced t-cases to m motors and too a 3" wide rear leaf instead of a 2 1/2" wide one.
are they rare? well they're 40+ yrs old.

[doughboy68]

What is the real definition of a highboy? I had a 74 F250 4x4, what I was told was it had a factory lift which made it a highboy? I searched for the true definition years ago... and got all sorts of cray answers... Chevy guys teling me they had highboys - Ford stole the name.... blah blah blah.... Tell ya what though... wish I still had that truck!!!!!!

[rustbucket72]

thx guys, ive gotten crazy awnsers too ive heard factory lifts ive heard theres no such things as a highboy ive heard that because the frame was narrower they had to lift it so things would fit under it such as tranny transfer case ect so i dont know but i like it being diffrent plus its cool when someone like "i got a 2in lift from highjacker (or something)" and im like thats nice i got a free lift from the factory its bout 4in nothing majoir haha

[averagef250]

Highboy is just a made up term. The only definition for highboy that makes sense is that ALL 67-77.5 F-250 4x4's are highboys because all the trucks were pretty much the same.

There was no factory lift kit or "highboy package". There were different GVW packages offered, but the trucks sat about the same heights when new. The higher GVW trucks didn't sag in the front much at all while the lower GVW ones with lighter front springs tend to sit a lot lower after 40 years.

Whateverman, Highboys had the M engines in early '77 and they had 2.25" wide rear springs, not 2.5".