http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDiQ2...ature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppt4F...ature=youtu.be
Filmed in HD if you want to adjust quality. Uploading a long video of it, I will put it up when it finishes. I will get other photos up soon!

1973 Ford F-250. Four Wheel Drive, NP205 transfer case. 3-speed C-6 auto trans. Ford-Edsel 360 cubic inch V-8 rebuilt 30,000 miles ago. Dana 60 solid axle out back, Dana 44 solid axle up front, with 4.10 end gears. Factory air conditioning and power-assist steering. Manual brakes. It has 37" Military Grade Humvee tires. Stock suspension, no lift. Rancho RS5000 shock absorbers. Dual exhaust, straight piped. All gauges and lights actually work. Starts up the first time, everytime! Original paint, less than 50k showing on the odometer. Indestructible American truck!

-Nicknamed "Spike"

 

That looks like a fun truck. I really like that body style

 

you just buy it? You've got OK plates and your location says Houston....

 

nice Military tires...

 

Thanks guys! It just needs a little TLC to be perfect. I'm from Houston, but I'm a Sooner living in Norman, OK. Haven't switched out plates yet. I can register it here in Oklahoma as a full-time student. No state inspections to worry about here!

 

Damn, I thought my bumpers were serious...



Anyway, highboys have their quirks like a low pinion closed knuckle drummed front 44, more ujoints than a napa store, non standard bed mount locations, and the most convoluted power steering setup designed, but good luck tryin to get it stuck. I haven't yet...



Adrianspeeder

 

Yup! This thing is tough to get stuck, even in sugar sand! Some of the things on the truck, like the things you mentioned, are strange! So long as it runs, right? I like your wheels Adrianspeeder. Mickey Thompsons?

P.S. Just picked up a nice steel Delta crossover toolbox on sale at Atwoods for only $160. Heck of a deal for a locking box! I'll get some pics up of that and some off-roading video soon.

 

Thanks. The wheels are from Pro Comp, three tires are Yokahamas, and one is an oddball Mickey I think.

Get that video up. You too can be pullin' out Jeeps with a vengeance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3XP7bvwDbk

Adrianspeeder

 

My Uncle had a '74 F250 LWB 4x4 he bought new...had the 360 and 4 speed manual. He traded it in the late '80s when I was in the military. I guy I went to high school ended up with it...Wish I had. Nice truck.

Nunya

 

Flexed it out pretty good. Got it stuck briefly in sugar sand while cruising in 2wd. Nothing 4wd can't fix!


Down at the Canadian River south of Norman, OK. I might need to make a signature with this photo...


I'll get the video up once my phone stops acting up.

 

Ahh, I see. I rock the fulltime 203 transfer case. No 4x2 stuckage for me.

Adrianspeeder

 

Yeah, I've got the NP 205. I need to find/fabricate a little pivot piece for my gear shifter rod that is attached to the transfer case linkage. It doesn't articulate properly. Although hammering the linkage into 4wd is funny, I need to find this small part somewhere...

 

One of my old friends has a 74 f-150 with a bumper like that cept his has a winch in the middle. He bought it in 78 or so and still has it. That truck has done some truly outrages stuff in its life. In the crowd I hung out with back then thee is one of us who dont have a memory.. There was a 6foot tall chain link fence out back of a bar one night. My buddy mowed it down.. on and on so many memories heres a picture of it.

 

Haha, that's great! My bumper definitely clears out brush and smaller trees no problem...

 

Just a quick vid not far from the Canadian River. I will get some good mudding vids up eventually! I don't know what happened to the photos at the start of the thread. Straight pipes are pretty hilarious.