Zach’s 1975 Highboy: Built with Dad, Kept for Good

Shared by @GreenNWhiteHighboy. The timeline and plans reflect the owner’s original account.

Zach was 15 when his dad bought this 1975 F-250 Highboy for them to work on together. His dad’s first pickup had been a 1976 Highboy bought from his own dad. An old Ford was a natural choice for their father-son project.

Zach's 1975 Ford Highboy — Father-Son 390 Dentside

They searched for a couple of months and found the ’75 locally. It had come from Portland, Oregon, with an automatic originally. A previous owner converted it to a manual. The truck was fairly rust-free when they bought it, though Zach described some body rust and a good frame. They worked on it as they could, without a garage.

The work and the years behind it

The 390 was rebuilt and bored .040 over, with stock heads, a Lunati Voodoo cam, long-tube headers, an Edelbrock Performer intake and a Holley 650 double-pumper carburetor. Zach had also had the transmission rebuilt in the year before his account. A three-inch body lift, 39.5x15x16.5 Super Swampers and Eagle Alloy Series 58 wheels gave it the stance he shared.

He planned to keep the body lift and add a few modern touches while retaining a mostly stock look. Selling it was not part of the plan. The truck meant time with his dad and their shared love for old Fords. Zach shared it as @GreenNWhiteHighboy.

Read the owner’s original account and build details

Thanks! They are 39.5x15x16.5 super swamper tires and Eagle alloyed series 58 rims

The memories behind the truck

So this 1975 F250 Highboy is a father and son project truck that my dad bought for him and I to work on when I was 15 years old.

My dad‘s first pick up truck was a 1976 Highboy that he bought off his dad and when I was 15 I was looking for a project to do with my dad and he suggested an old Highboy pick up truck. After a couple months of searching we found it locally.

We’ve been working on it here in there without a garage. The motor has been rebuilt, a 390 bored 40 over with stock heads, Lunati voodoo cam, long tube headers and a Edelbrock performer intake with a Holley 650 double pumper carb. . . OH! This past year I had the transmission rebuilt also!

This truck is pretty rust free it came from Portland Oregon originally it was an automatic but the previous owners that we bought it from converted to a stick. The truck is far from perfect since it does have some rust on the body, but the frame is still in good shape.

The truck also has a 3 inch body lift on it which I plan on keeping. Then there’s a couple other few modern touches I want to do, but it’s gonna look mostly stock.

This truck means a lot to my father and I, so obviously I have no intentions on ever selling it. I enjoy every moment working on this truck with my dad. . . which is what this whole project is about. Just spending quality time with my dad and sharing our love of this truck together and any other old Ford truck.