I am putting together a 79 f250 4x4 chassis to set my 78 body and engine in. I can not find 77 1/2-79 6cylinder engine perches for the 4x4 chassis. Is there any other perch that will work or Will work with some minor fabrication? Does somebody have the correct perches sitting on a forgotten shelf somewhere they would sell? Will FE perches from a highboy work? Im really trying to not have to fab perches from scratch.

 

https://www.fordification.com/tech/engine-perches.htm I cant answer your question but the link may help some , good luck in your search

 

Yea I saw that, its mostly for 2wd stuff.

 

I've never heard of a 77.5-79 f250 4x4 300. That's pretty cool. You should turbo it. I always thought the base engine was a 351M those years.

 

Its already pretty hot N/A. 300 was definitely the base engine

 

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Yes sir, but i know the upper frame flange bolt spacing is different between highboys and lowboys so that in itself changes the part number. Drilling one hole is not an issue for me. I just need a tower that will locate the engine properly on the chassis before the body is mounted. Im hoping to find a voice of experience in my odd situation. My research says 73-77 highboy 300/FE towers will work fine but im not 100% positive.

 

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Yes sir they are different. But the question here is specifically what is physically different between lowboy towers and highboy towers?