78/79 Bronco Resto/mod

[Raleigh]

Finally back to working on the project!

Started by cutting out the floor on the driver side and the lower post

Still have some more to do here.

Then started on sanding the hood.
Someone put alot of time into getting this hood to look nice, the whole thing has a nice skim of filler, I see no reason to go to metal here.

So I will be only taking care of the rust and leaving most of the hood how it is.

 

[3500GMC]

The top pic looks like a difficult spot to repair. Get anywhere with it?

 

[red]

lookin good!

 

[Raleigh]

The top pic looks like a difficult spot to repair. Get anywhere with it?

I haven't had anytime to work on it more. My plan is to media blast inside the area and then spray it with POR15. I have patches for the area just need to find the time to do the work!

 

[Raleigh]

Got another hoist this morning and got the body under the patio thing.
The two hoists sure make it nice, I can lift the body up high enough that I don't need to lay under it to work on it.

Going to work on the undercarriage tomorrow, today was kind of a clean up and organizing day.

 

[great white]

Nice bit of work there.

I've always liked the big bodied broncos.

Have you considered building a rotisserie for the bodywork?

Two relatively cheap engine stands and some thick angle is usually all you need.

One on each end, extend the "feet" out and build some brackets to body to the body points.

Just make sure you get the balance points right or it will rip right around on you when you try to rotate it and probably bang the ground! Or use straps to limit it, or perhaps a come-a-long to crank it back up.

Google will probably turn up a few pictures.

There's nothing quite so luxurious as working on the underside of your floor and being able to stand up while welding....

 

[Raleigh]

Nice bit of work there.

I've always liked the big bodied broncos.

Have you considered building a rotisserie for the bodywork?

Two relatively cheap engine stands and some thick angle is usually all you need.

One on each end, extend the "feet" out and build some brackets to body to the body points.

Just make sure you get the balance points right or it will rip right around on you when you try to rotate it and probably bang the ground! Or use straps to limit it, or perhaps a come-a-long to crank it back up.

Google will probably turn up a few pictures.

There's nothing quite so luxurious as working on the underside of your floor and being able to stand up while welding....

I had seen a few that were made that way, before I bought the second hoist I was looking around for a couple of good heavy duty engne stands on the cheap but had no luck.
I paid $50 for this hoist and it is a 5000# hoist, very stout.

Spent the morning on the transmission and transfer case. It got too damn hot so I called it a day.
Got the transmission assembly all sealed up, cleaned and painted.

Picking up some new engine mounts tomorrow, I will get the engine and trans on the frame Wednesday after work.
The \wife is going to the National Flute Convention so I will have some free time to spend with my first love!

 

[Raleigh]

Holy Damn it is hot!

Got the engine/Trans/Transfercase set in the frame today. Set it in one piece, wouldn't want to do that with the body on it!

More room than I thought between the yoke and the cross bar for the radius arms

 

[btfarm]

:thumbsup: WAY!

 

[3500GMC]

Ford blue :thumbsup:

The trans and x-fer case weighs more than the engine.. probably!

 

[Raleigh]

Ford blue :thumbsup:

The trans and x-fer case weighs more than the engine.. probably!

Pretty close to the same weight from the balancing point. A tad over 1100# all together, a good engine hoist is a must, I have 2!

 

[red]

old cast iron 4 speed and np205, great combo!

 

[Raleigh]

Finally an update!

I got the roller nearly complete, I still need to get rear rotors, u bolts and spring plates but it is on all fours!!!

The radius arms are really long, now that it has tires on it you can see how long they are.

 

[NVW]

Looks good:thumbsup:

 

[red]

lookin great! out of curiosity when you were painting the frame did you remove the brackets that are riveted to the frame or leave them attached?

 

[Raleigh]

I left the riveted ones on, the rivets were tight and there was no sign of rust behind the brackets when I pulled the bolted ones off.
This frame was in excellent shape, the other one I had was pretty bad, all of the brackets on it had rust that was eating into the metal.

 

[Raleigh]

Been a long time!
I forgot about this site!

Anyhow, the Bronco is now complete, took just over 3 years to finish.

Painted it in my garage, my first full paint job, pretty happy with it and learned a lot!

 

[Burning oil]

Looks good. You can now recreate the OJ Simpson chase scene.