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1973-1979 Ford Trucks

Overlanding Ford F250 Highboy
1 Dec 2025

Overlanding Ford F250 Highboy

by Jim Oaks | posted in: 1973-1979 Ford Trucks, Overlanding - Travel | 0

Sometimes you see an old truck like this, and you think, that’s a really cool survivor. Unfortunately, being a survivor can also mean that you’ve had to go through some surgeries to get there. Such is the case of the … Continued

1976 Ford F-250 Crew Cab – From Trail To Race Truck
8 Jul 2025

1976 Ford F-250 Crew Cab – From Trail To Race Truck

by Jim Oaks | posted in: 1973-1979 Ford Trucks, Motorsports | 0

Racing across Mexico’s Baja Peninsula is not for the faint of heart. The landscape is brutal—rock-strewn hills, deep sand washes, and endless stretches of off-camber whoops that test both man and machine. It’s a high-speed, high-stakes game of endurance, navigation, … Continued

Free Wheeling Inspired 1979 Ford F-150 4×4
1 Apr 2025

Free Wheeling Inspired 1979 Ford F-150 4×4

by Jim Oaks | posted in: 1973-1979 Ford Trucks | 0

One of the rarest and best-looking trucks from 1977-1981 was the Ford F-100/150 with the Free Wheeling Package. Those trucks aren’t easy to find. I know that in 1977 only 4,700 F-150s were built with the Free Wheeling package. The … Continued

50th Anniversary Bigfoot Monster Truck
4 Feb 2025

50th Anniversary Bigfoot Monster Truck

by Jim Oaks | posted in: 1973-1979 Ford Trucks, Motorsports | 0

In 1974 Bob Chandler ordered a new 1974 Ford F-250 4×4 and began modifying it to improve its ability off-road. Frustrated with the lack of parts and service in the St Louis, Missouri area, Bob, his wife Marilyn and their … Continued

50th anniversary, 50th anniversary bigfoot, bigfoot monster truck
Roadhazard – 1975 Ford F100 PreRunner
4 Dec 2023

Roadhazard – 1975 Ford F100 PreRunner

by Jim Oaks | posted in: 1973-1979 Ford Trucks, Motorsports | 0

This menacing looking 1975 Ford F100 was built to prerun the desert before races and was once owned by Alan Pflueger. This truck is so well built it could probably run the race itself.   Specifications: Tig Welded 4130 Chassis … Continued

Mike Linares 1977 F-100 PreRunner
6 Apr 2023

Mike Linares 1977 F-100 PreRunner

by Jim Oaks | posted in: 1973-1979 Ford Trucks, Motorsports | 0

  Mike Linares grew up riding dirt bikes and quads in the dunes of Glamis, California, but after a friend built up a 1977 Ford F-100 into a capable off-road truck, Mike made him an offer and bought it. Mike … Continued

All Electric 1978 Ford F-100 Eluminator
1 Dec 2021

All Electric 1978 Ford F-100 Eluminator

by Jim Oaks | posted in: 1973-1979 Ford Trucks, Concepts | 0

All-electric Ford F-100 Eluminator concept truck showcases the benefits of electric propulsion using a 2021 Mustang Mach-E GT Performance Edition battery electric powertrain and twin front and rear electric traction motors that produce a combined 480 horsepower and 634 lb.-ft. … Continued

F-100 Desert Ready Hot Rod
2 May 2021

F-100 Desert Ready Hot Rod

by Jim Oaks | posted in: 1973-1979 Ford Trucks, Motorsports | 0

After seeing trophy trucks up close at a SCORE desert race in Baja Mexico, Michael Widener knew he had to have an offroad truck. With his love of hot rod engines and old Fords, Widener knew that he had to … Continued

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Kyle Craft’s Ford F250 Prerunner
1 Jan 2021

Kyle Craft’s Ford F250 Prerunner

by Jim Oaks | posted in: 1973-1979 Ford Trucks, Motorsports | 0

Bringing an old truck back from the dead, and turning it into a fully functioning work of art that exceeds every expectation is a fantasy of many, but reality for few. While the off-road community expands further and further into … Continued

Kyle Craft's Ford F250 Prerunner
1973 Ford F-100 ‘Farm Truck’
1 Sep 2020

1973 Ford F-100 ‘Farm Truck’

by Jim Oaks | posted in: 1973-1979 Ford Trucks, Motorsports | 0

Many people at the 2019 NORRA Mexican 1000 were surprised to see a 1973 Ford F100 leading the pack ahead of the mega dollar trophy trucks and luxury prerunners. Whoop scissors in their full glory slicing their way down the … Continued

1973 Ford F-100 'Farm Truck'
1976 Ford F250 Highboy Overlander
1 Jun 2020

1976 Ford F250 Highboy Overlander

by Jim Oaks | posted in: 1973-1979 Ford Trucks, Overlanding - Travel | 0

I don’t know how anyone could not love the classic look of these late 1970’s Ford Trucks. Especially the factory stance of this 1976 Ford F-250 ‘Highboy’. This truck looks like it was meant to someday become the ultimate overlanding … Continued

1976 Ford F250 Highboy Overlander
Walker Evans 1977 Ford F100
1 Apr 2020

Walker Evans 1977 Ford F100

by Jim Oaks | posted in: 1973-1979 Ford Trucks, Motorsports | 0

Walker Evans is “The Legend” in the desert racing community, and then went on to build a reputation competing in rock crawling. He even has his own company that designs and sells shocks and wheels. Walker Evans is best known … Continued

Walker Evans 1977 Ford F100

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