How long were these made?

[Commodore Woods]

Another brilliant question (from the teenager now fighting with a Honda Sabre exhaust.) What years and for how long were the Factory Highboys produced?

[460 crew]

1967-1977.5 I belive. I don't think they were concidered a highboy b4 then and at the halfway mark in 77 they changed to the lowboy frame and changes.

[rjewkes]

ok i'm confused by the highboy lowboy fatboy stuff ok last one is only found on a harley but plaes help me understyand. Perhaps we need a page with jargon crackers you know like a little dictionary.

[68F250]

460 crew, why wouldn't the pre '67 4x4's be considered highboys?

AFAIK, all highboys had in-cab tanks, divorced transfer cases and bigger hubs. That all changed in '77 1/2 with the lowboy.

Highboy was slang, factory never used that term.

[willowbilly3]

They didn't all have bigger hubs. There was always 2 axle gawr. Standard with the tapered hub and smaller lockout then the larger hub/lockout that wasn't tapered. Somewhere along the line some closed knuckle 60s came into play but I am not sure how. I know a friend of mune found a couple on crewcabs.
Technically I guess the 66 and older trucks would be highboys, including the f-100 as they were solid axle divorced T-case. Generally it refers to the afor mentioned 67-77 1/2 F-250 4x4s. And no, just putting a lift on an F-100 does not make it a highboy.

[68F250]

Oh, ok.

Don't ask me any 4x4 questions.

[FORDification]

That's precisely why I stay out of these conversations....I know zilch about them, aside from what's sinking in by reading these threads.

[460 crew]

68250 I guess like Willow stated that you could concider the pre 67's highboys given they have the divorced t-case and solid axles, basically I would figure they would all have to have the same frame in common and springs would bolt up in the same places thus giving you a truck that stood equivalent to the "nicknamed" Highboy stance. I've just always heard the Highboy term used to refer to the 67-77.5 F250 4x4's This is how their listed in 4x4 parts catalogs for lifts and other 4x4 parts. They are always listed by themselves. Check out the listing for lift kits under the fords here http://www.ntwonline.com/acb/category.c ... 8&CATID=12 This always turns up new and exciting info about where a highboy originates. I want to talk with the person that started this crap and ask y they couldn't have just been labeled a 4x4 F250 and a trim package and left at that..

[willowbilly3]

I am not sure where it started either but we were calling them that back when they were still made and there was no confusion what you were referring to if you said 69 highboy or 74 highboy.

[69F110]

Yeah! What he said! Actually, I have no clue...when I hear highboy... I envision a 67-72 F250 4x4, like Heep70's

http://www.fordification.com/galleries/ ... m=71&pos=6

as seen here. Heep70, hope you don't mind me using your pic...but this is basically what I see when I hear highboy mentioned.

[rjewkes]

Ok, So since mine is a normal stance 72 f100 Ranger XLT.
Is it considered low boy or is lowboy a 2X4 or 4X4 completley lowered?

[460 crew]

A lowboy is a 77.5 to 79 f250 4x4. They have the same springs up front but the frame is a bit different therefore they sit a little lower thus the "Lowboy" title. I was thinkin today (yes it hurt) but back to thinkin. I belive maybe the highboy got it's name from someone who saw it and in amazment of it beeing a large truck and sittin a bit taller than the rest out on the market they shouted out " Boy thats high" or even better after a few beers they jumbled it up and spoke like Yoda and said "MMM Highboy that is" Ok enough thoughts

[rjewkes]

[Luckyman]

I'm a little late in this discussion, but I believe the "highboys" had a different (narrower) frame. The difference was approx 4". The 4wd frames were approx 33-34" wide and the 2wd (or lowboy) were 37-38" wide. I do not know the reasoning that went into the width differance in the frames, but I'll bet the change over to all "lowboys" was for economic reasons. Less expensive to run and use one frame width instead of two.

[FordPickup460]

I agree with most that has been said so far. A highboy is a 67.5-77.5 F250 4x4. ALL F250 4x4's from 67 to 77 had a divorced transfer case. Highboys came with a 300 or a 360, except for some 77's which could of came with a 351M/400. Ive also noticed most of these trucks have a plate going across the frame in the front of the truck, under the bumper. I have heard that the governtment required this, something to do with a bumper height restriction. Halftons are not a highboy, neither are 2 wheel drives.