4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1959–66
NAMED MODELUnited States

F-100 4x4 (1959–66)

Ford’s first factory four-wheel-drive pick-up: the 1959 F-100 4x4 with a Dana 44 front axle, a divorced Spicer transfer case, a raised chassis and the 223 six or 292 V8, replacing the Marmon-Herrington conversion.

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Sources & evidence
F-100 4x4 (1959–66) — 1960 Ford F100 4x4 Styleside. Factory 4WD, the original 146hp, 292ci Y-block V8 has been replaced by a 185hp version of the same.Mr.choppers · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
BASE VEHICLEF-100 / F-150 4x4BUILT BYFord Motor CompanyIN SERVICE1959–66PRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 133″

The record

Ford announced factory four-wheel drive for the F-100 and F-250 in January 1959, built in-house with Spicer and Dana components; the trucks sat high on leaf springs with a two-speed transfer case and manual hubs, and continued through the 1961 and 1965 redesigns until the 1967 generation.

Specification

MANUFACTURERFord Motor Company ↗
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MANUFACTURED1959–66
ENGINE3.7-litre 223 six; 4.8-litre 292 V8; 5.8-litre 352 V8
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited States
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEF-Series 4x4
FAMILYF-Series 4x4
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE133″
BODY STYLEregular

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

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Sources

  1. 1Ford F-Series ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: researched