Restoring American Iron – My Highboy build
Turning a 41 year old truck into a 4×4 is one hell of a project. So a bit of back history for any who wish to follow this thread in progress….
My dad has been a professional automotive technician from before I was born, He is a very gifted man, and a bit of a savant with working on cars. Growing up, he often talked about wanting to get a truck. when i was about 13 he did some work in trade for a 73 Ford F-100 that had a blown 302 in it. I helped dad build the truck, and we put quite a bit of work into it.
It started life from ford as a half-ton two wheel drive pickup with a blown engine and a four speed transmission. Dad decided to put a 460 engine in with a C6 automatic transmission. In the process we had to do alot of converting of things, including a custom drive shaft, new perches and mounts, and swapping out the suspension for 3/4 ton springs, with overloads on the rear.
Restoring American Iron – My Highboy build