These photos document the teardown and build up of my 1969 Bronco
that is now in progress.
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Here is a shot of the Bronco before I took her apart. |
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Hardtop off, hood removed and tucked in garage to be disassembled. |
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Has quite a bit of cancer |
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Another shot of passenger fender off |
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Rust tears in the fenders |
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Sawzalled the front clip off. |
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Peeling up PO patch panel to get to body mount bolt. |
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PO cut tunnel cover to install floor shift for original three speed. |
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Lifted body off with engine hoist. |
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Side shot of body on the hoist. |
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Busted rear shock mount wheeling in Utah. |
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Front shot of rebuilt 302 and AOD. |
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Everything tucked inside the garage. |
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Pulling engine and made a mess. |
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Preparing to cut and grind off all old shock mounts and those bars welded to the frame. |
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Grinding and prepping to go to sandblaster. |
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Grinding off C wedges on full width HP 44 to move them in to EB width. |
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New parts, 7" BC Coils, Cage Long Arms, 4.5" Rear springs, Spring Rockers, inboard shock mount. |
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Prepping to weld on inboard shock mount. |
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Grinding off shock mounts and spring perches on full width BB 9" so I can weld on new ones at EB width. |
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Wedges off ready for sandblaster. |
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BB 9" back from sandblaster. |
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My helper painting on high temp paint on the headers that were sandblasted. |
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Coated parts in Rustbullet. |
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More parts coated in Rustbullet. |
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3rd member coated in Rustbullet and sprayed in Rustoleum Hammered Black. |
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More parts finished off with Rustoleum Hammered Black. |
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Mocking up full width HP44 with the Cage arms so I can weld on my C wedges in the correct spot. |
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Another shot mocking up front axle. |
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Another shot of mocking up front axle. |
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Shot of front of the frame coated in Rustbullet. |
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Shot of rear of frame coated in Rustbullet. |
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Front of frame coated in Rustoleum Hammered Black. |
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Rear of frame coated in Rustoleum Hammered Black. |
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Mocking up rear full width BB 9", with new lift and spring rockers. |
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Starting to go back together. |
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Another shot of mocking up rear axle. |
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Prepping to weld on lower shock mounts for inboard setup. |
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Pull rear axle to weld up everything and paint. |
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No more manual steering, installed 4x4x2 coversion with frame stiffening kit. |
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Another shot of 4x4x2 power steering conversion. |
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Assembling passenger side spindle |
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Passenger side hub and rotor on. |
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Put passenger side old axle in for now to get chassis rolling. |
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Drivers side old axle put in, Will upgrade axles later |
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Finally rolling chassis rear shot |
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Rolling chassis front shot. |
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Rolling chassis side shot, looks kinda mean. |
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Rebuilt motor last winter but never painted block so prepping to paint |
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Another shot before paint |
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Another shot after paint. |
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AOD and Transfer case before paint. |
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AOD and Transfer Case after paint. |
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Before installing James Duff Long Travel Shock Hoops. |
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After shot of Duff Shock Hoops installed and painted. |
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Shot of Engine and Tranny going in. |
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Ok tired of tripping over stuff |
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And not being able to find tools |
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and getting hit in the head with ladders |
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So put up some racks to hang stuff on |
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Ahh better but still more to organize |
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BC 24gal Gas Tank Installed |
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BC 24gal Gas Tank Installed |
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BC 24gal Gas Tank Skid Plate Installed |
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Cutting Steel to make Rotisserie |
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Cutting Steel to make Rotisserie |
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Steel all cut now to begin welding |
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Rotisserie base welded up |
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Casters and swivel arms on |
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No room in garage until it is done and hooked to body |
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Rotisserie complete and ready for the body |
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Body on saw horses ready for me to tuck rotisserie under it |
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Bolting body to rotisserie |
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Rust hole in passenger floor |
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Rusted drivers kick panel |
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Rusted and banged up passenger floor and rear wheel tub |
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Rusted and banged up drivers floor and rear wheel tub |
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Rear bed rusted where old cage was mounted |
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More rust in rear from old cage |
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Rusted driver side rocker |
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Drivers quarter panel caved in a bit |
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Much easier to work on the underside |
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Nice being able to flip it around |
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Installed my TOFIC Clear Dana 20 cover |
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Installed my TOFIC Clear Dana 20 cover |
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Installed my TOFIC Clear Dana 20 cover |
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All loaded up and off to Media Blaster. |
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Rusted out passenger quarter panel seams |
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Previous owner patch panel on passenger wheel well |
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Previous owner patch panel on drivers side wheel well |
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Rust in seams of drivers side quarter panel |
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More rusted seams on drivers quarter panels |
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Drivers side after media blasting |
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Passenger side after media blasting |
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Grill damage exposed after blasting |
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Hood damage exposed after blasting |
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