Norcal Spotted and BS Thread

http://www.blueovaltrucks.com/resources/highboy.htm
in case anyone cared

 

Pic drew me into the thread

 

And a 7.3l diesel? That's gonna be a beast.

 

It's okay, the weather is good up here this time of year

 

yeah I'm gonna take the body from a 1973-1975 it is the body style i like while still being pre smog
and then I'm going to take a 1994-1997 ford a f350 7.3l power stroke and do a body swap its gonna be a bit of a guessing game with the fire wall body mounts and interior dash and steering column but it is my dream truck and I figure I'm young why not do it

 

Where dafuq is Manitoba? Never even heard of it.

 

near ontario i think?

 

It's in Africa near the jungle or maybe the desert.

Or maybe it's in Australia. I get those confused.

 

Yep, North west of Ontario. The middle of nowhere really

 

You'd fit in well here

 

I was basically right.

 

Can't just rebuild the stock 360? Ambitious. I like.

 

your geography teacher would be proud

 

ill probably rebuild it and put the 96ish body on it
I like the 7.3 diesel better then the 360 or 390 Ive owned both the 360 in the 78 ford F250 and the 390 in the 72 f250 i currently have(selling that one for a cleaner body)
but I like the diesel and I like the rareness because there aren't that many 7.3 "highboys" so it would be real unique

 

At point of my life, I've owned 2 of them Fords. "67" and "72". Couldn't kill them.

 

that pic is my goal

 

the first one I owned a 78 the previous owner was literally a nasa engineer and he just used it to tow his boats and he put all these weird tuners and things were not where they belonged and the wiring was a mess
this one I currently have a 72 runs solid but there is an electrical issue I think with the ignition I'm going to try to hunt it down some more tomorrow but I'm selling it mainly because I want a cleaner body this one has rust outs and needs a lot of body work

 

Drove a rented 24' truck from Toronto to Winnipeg and back once for work. Quit that job shortly thereafter.

 

Your job was moving rental trucks around? It's a nice drive when the weather is good.

 

Those F250 highboys are the perfect looking truck.