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5 years later... She's alive!
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 9:55 pm
by Mitche11
This project started after I took my '72 with a carbureted 302 up to Pingree Park after the highpark fire. The elevation change caused bronco to run really rich, so when I got down the hill, I took the 302 out and sold it and got a 351 Windsor out of a 1993 F250. The engine builder took 9 weeks to rebuild the 5.8, and in the meantime I decided to sand blast the 'ol 72 body and I uncovered a mountain of rust issues. Then my wife and I had our second baby, and the progress slowed. After pulling metal splinters out of my little boy's feet too many times, I finally got the body work done and got her painted. Then I decided to go with a NV3550 instead of staying with the NP435. New wiring, explorer serp setup, mustang fuel injection, new dash, OTRATTW switches, Dakota Digital gauges, and then.... It starts up! This week I took the fam for the first ride in 5 years! Wo hoo!! Now I can't wait to meet up with some of you now that I own a working bronco again, and not just a bunch of totes of rusted pieces of a bronco. HereΓÇÖs some before and after pics.
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Re: 5 years later... She's alive!
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 1:52 am
by D&D72
Looks great!
Re: 5 years later... She's alive!
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 2:30 am
by Rox Crusher
Congratulations !
Re: 5 years later... She's alive!
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 4:44 am
by Kinder
ThatΓÇÖs cool!
Re: 5 years later... She's alive!
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 4:55 am
by BOBS 2 68S
NICE !!!!
Re: 5 years later... She's alive!
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 5:28 am
by ScottBarnes
Very cool
Re: 5 years later... She's alive!
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 7:15 am
by Strike2
Congratulations, nice work that's a great looking Bronco!
Re: 5 years later... She's alive!
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 7:13 pm
by Mitche11
Thanks guys! ItΓÇÖs as though I just bought a new car after all this time. IΓÇÖm looking forward to getting back to this community of EB owners/builders. Now if it could just be sunny and 70* again.
Re: 5 years later... She's alive!
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 7:40 am
by landshark
Looks great! Congrats, look forward to seeing it out.
Re: 5 years later... She's alive!
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 3:24 pm
by Jesus_man
Congrats! That bronco creep is something ain't it? The "While I'm at it..." syndrome! So 5yrs ain't bad in the scheme of life!
Great looking ride!
Re: 5 years later... She's alive!
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:30 pm
by Mitche11
I love the term ΓÇ£bronco creepΓÇ¥. ThatΓÇÖs exactly what it is. While itΓÇÖs out, lets replace this and that. Now IΓÇÖm being reminded about which parts arenΓÇÖt new because the starter, back-up bulbs have gone out in the first 75 miles of it being back together; and now the heater core is leaking. Maybe thereΓÇÖs something to bronco creep that I should be thankful for... Just wish i hadnΓÇÖt bought a new heater core while I had it all apart. Oh well... thatΓÇÖs why these things are never really ΓÇ£finishedΓÇ¥, right?
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