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BASE MODELUnited States

F-250 / F-350 4x4

The three-quarter and one-ton F-Series with four-wheel drive: the F-250 4x4 from 1959, the raised-chassis “Highboy” of 1967–77, the F-350 4x4 from 1979 and the Super Duty line since 1999, on a solid front axle throughout; the vehicles of American ranches, utilities, fire departments and the military’s commercial fleets.

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Sources & evidence
F-250 / F-350 4x4 — 1994 Ford F-350 XLT 4x4 crew cab, Lowellville, OhioMercurySable99 · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
MODEL LINEF-Series 4x4BUILT BYFord Motor CompanyPRODUCED1959PRODUCTIONNot published separatelyLAYOUT4 wheels · 137″

The record

The F-250 4x4 of 1959–77 sat high on a divorced transfer case (the Highboy); the 1977½ Lowboy dropped it, and the F-350 gained four-wheel drive in 1979. Unlike the F-150 the heavy trucks kept a solid Dana front axle through the Twin-Traction Beam years and into the Super Duty of 1999, with the 7.3 Power Stroke diesel from 1994 and the 6.7 from 2011. The Tremor package of 2020 and the Super Duty’s 2023 redesign continue the line.

Specification

MANUFACTURERFord Motor Company ↗
Truck, Louisville; Ohio Assembly, Avon Lake)
MANUFACTURED1959–present
ENGINE300 six; 352, 360, 390, 460 and 5.8/7.5 V8s; 6.9 and 7.3 IDI diesels; 7.3 and 6.7 Power Stroke dieselsFord straight-six · Ford Windsor V8 · Ford 385 V8 · International IDI diesel V8 · Ford Power Stroke · Ford FE V8
PRODUCTION RUNNot published separately
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited States
STATUSin production
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINEF-Series 4x4
FAMILYF-Series 4x4
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE137″
BODY STYLERegular cab
VARIANTS3

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.

Body styles & colours

Body style

Factory colours

  • Oxford White
  • Vermilion
  • Pawnee Tan
  • Electric Currant Red Metallic
  • Chrome Yellow
  • Dark Chestnut Metallic
  • Cayman Pearl Metallic
  • Mocha Frost Metallic
  • Pumice Metallic
  • Laser Red Metallic
  • Currant Red
  • Performance Red
  • Sunrise Red Metallic
  • Medium Aubergine Metallic
  • Iris Metallic
  • Medium Lapis Metallic
  • Dark Lapis Metallic
  • Indigo Blue Metallic
  • Royal Blue Pearl Metallic
  • Light Smoke Metallic
  • Jewel Green Metallic
  • Reef Blue Metallic
  • Bright Calypso Metallic
  • Teal Metallic
  • Medium Willow Metallic
  • Medium Graphite Metallic
  • Ebony
  • Medium Opal Metallic
  • Performance White
  • Portofino Blue Metallic
  • Oxford White
  • Colonial White
  • Ultra White

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

AI rendering impression

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Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

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

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