Nice job man! FYI the rear cab mounts not lining up is not a year issue , the F350s and the 4X4s have the mounts outside the frame versus inboard. The core supports are also the same from a 4X4 and an F350....or on other models with gears lower than 4.10s for heavy duty cooling systems. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! I didn’t know that, I’m not very familiar with highboys. I assumed it was based on the year but cab and chassis trucks frame rails stayed 34 inches all the way back. I appreciate the information as always! Thank you for watching.
There was a change in the frames, when Ford switched over two the Twin I-beam suspension, then another wider frame introduced around 1968. But for the most part there was no changes to the frame, as cab corner placement always depended on the trucks transmission setup and if it could support a PTO or transfer case for 4X4. Which was to make room for a PTO, or transfer case and applied to both automatic and manual transmissions.
Yes your right, there wasn’t much of a change to the frame from 68 forward. Highboy and cab & chassis trucks stayed 34 inches between frame rails front to back till around 79 I believe but regular 73-79 trucks the back half of the frame did widen out to 36.5 I believe. I had completely forgot about that when I was doing this but didn’t realize highboy frames and F350 frames were the same
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Nice job man! FYI the rear cab mounts not lining up is not a year issue , the F350s and the 4X4s have the mounts outside the frame versus inboard. The core supports are also the same from a 4X4 and an F350....or on other models with gears lower than 4.10s for heavy duty cooling systems. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! I didn’t know that, I’m not very familiar with highboys. I assumed it was based on the year but cab and chassis trucks frame rails stayed 34 inches all the way back. I appreciate the information as always! Thank you for watching.
There was a change in the frames, when Ford switched over two the Twin I-beam suspension, then another wider frame introduced around 1968. But for the most part there was no changes to the frame, as cab corner placement always depended on the trucks transmission setup and if it could support a PTO or transfer case for 4X4. Which was to make room for a PTO, or transfer case and applied to both automatic and manual transmissions.
Yes your right, there wasn’t much of a change to the frame from 68 forward. Highboy and cab & chassis trucks stayed 34 inches between frame rails front to back till around 79 I believe but regular 73-79 trucks the back half of the frame did widen out to 36.5 I believe. I had completely forgot about that when I was doing this but didn’t realize highboy frames and F350 frames were the same
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That’s the plan eventually! But for now it needs to get on the road and find a flatbed for it