One of my club members was short on money a few months ago and found a sweet deal on a FI 302 for his Bronco II project, so I spotted him some cash, now he's found an Early Bronco to use the axles and other goodies from, so he asked me if I was interested in his other parts truck, and I said yeah, why not.

A little history....he got this non-running truck from his cousin who claimed it had military Dana 60's under it, well I've heard that line before, but he paid $150 for it and I went to look at it for him, sure enough, Dana 44 front, Dana 60 rear, anyway, back to my question....

What else to I have here, all I know is that it is a round headlight '76ish Ford F-250 with the typical northern Michigan rotted out body, on 36" Buckshot Mudders circa 1978 on 16" wheels, with a blown up 390 and an open knuckle, low pinion, leaf sprung Dana 44 front with eight lug hubs, external style drive flanges,and dual piston calipers. It also has that funky hydro-ram power steering setup, and a divorced mounted NP203 case with a broken input yoke, a Dana 60 rear, and I could have sworn it had a manual tran while I was underneath it, but now my clubmember says it has P R N D 2 1 on the column, so he is convinced it's an auto and I'm convinced this truck is no virgin.

What would be the more common manual trans in a truck near this vintage? I had originally thought NP-435, but now I'm thinking T-18, although my buddy thinks it has a C6 auto based on his viewing of the steering column.

What spline shafts should the Dana 60 rear have?

This truck has no apparent lift, yet clears the 36" tires easily, I thought the "Highboy" trucks were older that this.

I know Ford did some dumb things with gearing on their trucks (an F-350 with Dana 60's and 3.00 gears? WTF is that?) What's the chances this relic has anything useful?

Anybody know if the Ford external lockout hubs are anything like the Chevy ones? Do they use the larger inner wheel bearing? 2" ID vs 1.75" ID?

Any other tidbits to look for? I'm planning on just keeping the truck around for parts, and since I only have $150 into it, parts will be cheap, dirt cheap, anybody need anything of this wreck?

if it is 76 that is the ONLY year of the low pinion 8lug D44 they made and they had high boys back then too. so clearing 36" wouldn't be hard it could be a C6 if its an auto. and if its a stick it coould be either the T18 Np435 remember the 435 has the aluminum top.

the rear 60 spline... could be that old 18 spines

gears yea... they did some domb things back then....

ford high boy truck range from 77 1/2 all the way back to 1959 the first factory ford 4x4

this is for 3/4 4x4
the low pinion open knuckle with disc brakes was 1976-1977 1/2
power assist steering was avalible from 1973-77 1/2
gear ratio were typically in the 4x4 3.54 in both ends or 4.09 in the dana 44 4.10 in the dana 60 the 2wheelers seen about every thing for a gear ratio as posted above the trannys were np435, borgwarner t18 or C6 transfer case was divorced 205 or 203

Originally posted by infoford
ford high boy truck range from 77 1/2 all the way back to 1959 the first factory ford 4x4

this is for 3/4 4x4
the low pinion open knuckle with disc brakes was 1976-1977 1/2
power assist steering was avalible from 1973-77 1/2
gear ratio were typically in the 4x4 3.54 in both ends or 4.09 in the dana 44 4.10 in the dana 60 the 2wheelers seen about every thing for a gear ratio as posted above the trannys were np435, borgwarner t18 or C6 transfer case was divorced 205 or 203

Ditto....


Eric

Any chance you could post some pics of that front axle?

Correct me if I am wrong but from my experience a T 18s reverse will be toward the dash and a 435 will be away from the driver and back

the factory set-up could of been an auto, and someone swapped in a stick. C-6 has integral bell. and really long.
shon