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1969 Highboy.

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years ago, picked up a '69 Highboy. It was rough. I could tell it had already been body swapped once. little clues here and there. pulled the body off, sold off or scrapped it. Cleaned the frame up, made a gas tank, painted it, installed a '68 body from a truck i got for free. I rebuilt the Dana 24, and pulled the freshly rebuilt 390 out of my other truck to freshen up and install. Found a Dana 44 front with disc brakes and put that under it. Also swapped in the power assist steering. Im gonna run that to see how well it works. i cleaned and repainted the firewall, had the core support and inner fenders powdercoated, resealed the floor, repainted the kick panels, redid brake lines etc. still putting it together, a little bit each weekend.
Next, I will attach photos from my phone.
1968 Highboy
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truck as it sits, custom tank, and frame when i was painting it. Notice my custom A-frame cab puller-shade thing.
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1968 Highboy
1976 Highboy
1969 F250 Camper Special
1941 Dodge Power Wagon
1930 Model A Coupe (Hotrod)
1962 Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe
VW Sandrails
Honda ATC's
36' Diesel Pusher for roughing it.
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Floor was all rusted out. took a wire brush to it, primed areas with rusty metal primer and cut holes for shifters. I hate POR-15 so dont suggest it. repainted kick panels. rest of cab looks presentable so leaving it.
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1968 Highboy
1976 Highboy
1969 F250 Camper Special
1941 Dodge Power Wagon
1930 Model A Coupe (Hotrod)
1962 Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe
VW Sandrails
Honda ATC's
36' Diesel Pusher for roughing it.
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Some Peel and Seal on the floor, it will be covered with the original rubber mat. nice original seat, and progress photo. the truck bed has the toolbox on the side. when installing on the highboy frame, the tool box hit the spring hanger. i loosely put in the rear two bolts to hold the bed to the frame, and then forcibly slid the front of the bed back and forth, denting the toolbox against the spring hanger. Caveman style but hey, it worked perfect. Thats it for now.
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1968 Highboy
1976 Highboy
1969 F250 Camper Special
1941 Dodge Power Wagon
1930 Model A Coupe (Hotrod)
1962 Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe
VW Sandrails
Honda ATC's
36' Diesel Pusher for roughing it.
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I like that seat upholstery.
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Nice truck! Looks super clean and straight. Great work!
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Nice project! Looks like she will be great truck when your finished. I'm really looking forward to seeing the progress on your truck. What are your plans for exterior paint?
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:yt: Looks like you have a nice truck there sir!
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Looking like progress - I like it :thup:
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Turbo-Hot coated at Car-Craft in Riverside.
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1968 Highboy
1976 Highboy
1969 F250 Camper Special
1941 Dodge Power Wagon
1930 Model A Coupe (Hotrod)
1962 Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe
VW Sandrails
Honda ATC's
36' Diesel Pusher for roughing it.
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Nice! :thup: 8)
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Great work Bill! Keep it up! :thup:
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Love it looks great. Is that a streetmaster 390 intake???
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Nice,..... shiny stuff! Right on, looks good! :thup:
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Cab and body looks nice and solid.
You are like me, I don’t have much use for Por15 either.
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