Another New Guy!

[Scotty]

REGISTRATION APPROVED!

Hi, I’m Scott. I was in my basement the other day and began to think that I might have a problem. I think there were a few EB Dana 44s, rear axles, at least one transfer case - maybe two, a couple of doors, radius arms, tailgate, you know, a lot more bronco stuff than a sane person should probably have for just one bronco… As the logic follows, I guess I need more broncos.

Mine is a 76 Sport, Special Décor, Ford listed the color as “Tangerine”. I've owned since ‘95. It's pretty stock except for the about 2" suspension, +1" body lift (doubled mounts), and cage. Amongst the long list of needs are driver's & passenger's floors, inner rockers, door posts, inner fenders, tailgate patch... all the standard stuff. It's pretty clean, but I think it has been hit before; there's some signs of old repair to the driver's front and the grill is tacked to the fenders in the corners. It runs; I need to rebuild the carb which is leaking a little too much gas for my taste; I'd really hate to burn in to the ground.

I've been struggling with the idea of going back to stock suspension height vs. going taller (3.5-4.5") like Zillacon's Ketchup. I'm also trying to find out if the hard top should be white or color-matched. I've seen special décor broncos with either top; if anyone knows, I’d appreciate some feedback.

Glad to be here, I look forward to meeting many of you soon.

Scott

[dsmith01]

Welcome to the board. I like the color and the racing stripe too!

[Entourage]

Welcome to CCB! Glad that you found the Club. That is a great Bronco story and happy that posted a few pics as well. That is a great looking Bronco (love the color) and cool that you have owned it for so long. As far as changing it (lift, tires) - cool thing is you can change it up if you don't like it!

Really excited you found the club and look forward to meeting up soon.

Chad.

[Rox Crusher]

That thing looks great as is !

Welcome to the Colorado headquarters for EB insanity.

[ZOSO]

Welcome. Love the ride.

[goldenboy_cp]

good stuff man glad to have u in the club

[airbur]

Welcome! I really like the stripe work. I'm thinking of something similar when I paint mine.

[Scotty]

Thanks guys for the warm welcome and compliments.

Airbur, the stripe looks much better from a distance! Broncitis (Drew) over at CB offers kits for the Ranger and Sport Stripes. From one of his posts dated 04.22.2011: "My dad, Don, actually handles the sale of the Ranger and Special Decor package stripe kits. He can be contacted at ezcoyote(at)comcast.net or 717-580-3474 for current pricing and availability." I think he has posted that he has a masking kit that will help lay the lines down clean. My (long-term) plan includes a re-paint in the original tangerine color with the stripe smooth and imbedded under clear.

[BFD305]

Welcome Scotty - Yours could be our Bronco's long lost twin when we originally got it. Same color and stripe! I like it and my son plans to keep the look if he ever repaints. Our stripes have a lot of cracking from shrinkage but still look good.

[Rox Crusher]

Thanks guys for the warm welcome and compliments.

Airbur, the stripe looks much better from a distance! Broncitis (Drew) over at CB offers kits for the Ranger and Sport Stripes. From one of his posts dated 04.22.2011: "My dad, Don, actually handles the sale of the Ranger and Special Decor package stripe kits. He can be contacted at ezcoyote(at)comcast.net or 717-580-3474 for current pricing and availability." I think he has posted that he has a masking kit that will help lay the lines down clean. My (long-term) plan includes a re-paint in the original tangerine color with the stripe smooth and imbedded under clear.

Great minds think alike !

[BFD305]

Ours was factory orange with orange top from the factory.

[Scotty]

Ours was factory orange with orange top from the factory.

I asked the top-color question of the folks at Marti. They responded with "your report will contain the top-color information". I wish Ford had put that little bit of data in the letter I got from their research group. I'll buy the Marti report just to get the info.

[Jesus_man]

Sharp rig! I think all it needs is meatier tires and it'd look great! Maybe some bumpers...LOL!

What color is the stripe? White? I would go with a white top.

J.D.

[PonyCorral]

Nice looking truck!

[Shawns Fords]

hi Scotty, I love that color! Welcome to CCB

[Scotty]

Sharp rig! I think all it needs is meatier tires and it'd look great! Maybe some bumpers...LOL!

What color is the stripe? White? I would go with a white top.

J.D.

The stripe appears to be just a standard bright white (the result of a re-paint at some point early on). The stripe isn't layed down very well in my opinion; it looks in some places like the masking was pulled off before the paint had enough time to really tack-up. The hard top is the usual factory white and I have an STC parchment soft top.

The bumpers are back on, though a little beat-up. Bigger tires should fit, those are 31's. I might have to roll the rear fender lip in a little to allow for 33's, don't really know.