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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

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

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.

That thing looks great as is !

Welcome to the Colorado headquarters for EB insanity.

Welcome. Love the ride.

good stuff man glad to have u in the club

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

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.

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.

Scotty wrote: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 !

Ours was factory orange with orange top from the factory.

BFD305 wrote: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.

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.

Nice looking truck!

hi Scotty, I love that color! Welcome to CCB

Jesus_man wrote: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.