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So I figure that I have one more build in me before I am priced out of the Bronco market. It truly amazes me the kind of prices they are pulling theses days!
Turns out as I was looking for another project, who would think that I would find something reasonably priced here in the Bay area. Let alone from a guy that went to the same high school as I and grew up one street over from my parents house in Los Altos. And the wheels were set in motion by none other than Paul aka: Dirtdonk, who has known the owner for some 43 years. Tony is a few years older than I and I remember him terrorizing our neighborhood, back in the day, in his 1966 fastback mustang. So Paul gets us together to talk Bronco and the conversation is basically a blast to the past of growing up in the neighborhood and the people and places we use to hang. Being that this was the one day this year in the Bay area that it poured rain all day, I ended up coming back a week later to crawl through the Bronco and give it a test drive. And the rest they say is history, sort of... My offer for the Bronco was counter offered and well I figured that was it. If it went to CL, someone would throw the extra cash in that Tony wanted. 6 weeks later, I get an e-mail saying if your offer is still there, it is yours. Done deal. Early Christmas present I say. We complete the transaction Sunday afternoon and I drive it home to Morgan Hill. It was all good until I got to South San Jose and I looked down at the Temp gauge and see 240* Holy Crap!!! I pull off Hwy 85 and find that not only is the water pump leaking water out the front seal, it is making a hell of a bearing growl. Lets say it is good that I know the back roads home. So with the Rad and overflow full of water, I head home, Rad cap loose and running the trans in 5th gear to keep the rpms down. I make it to the driveway, leaving just a minor trail of water.
So now I suppose you want the meat so to speak...
1967 Bronco, Uncut, with a DSO from Seattle. S-code paint = Poppy red. It has a very tired late 80's 5.0L out of an LTD. It uses oil (burns) almost as fast as it drips out. Holley 4V, Edelbrock intake.
NV3550 5-speed conversion, rebuilt d20 with twin sticks, Power steering conversion done, think it is a 4 turn box, 76-77 Dana-44 with disc brakes with vacuum power booster. WH's aftermarket seats, with a Tuffy box under the pass seat and a Tuffy box between the seats. No Radio. P235 tires on 1990 Ford P-up Truck aluminum rims. 1" body lift. Helwig sway bars front and back. Custom made Aluminum rear tank.
I think that covers it... What it needs is a motor, probably that 96 EFI Explorer motor I have on the stand in the corner of the shop. It needs both floor pans, and it needs rewired---- Badly. And some standard Bronco type sorting. The hood needs replaced as it has a few dents and cracks in it.
More later...
Turns out as I was looking for another project, who would think that I would find something reasonably priced here in the Bay area. Let alone from a guy that went to the same high school as I and grew up one street over from my parents house in Los Altos. And the wheels were set in motion by none other than Paul aka: Dirtdonk, who has known the owner for some 43 years. Tony is a few years older than I and I remember him terrorizing our neighborhood, back in the day, in his 1966 fastback mustang. So Paul gets us together to talk Bronco and the conversation is basically a blast to the past of growing up in the neighborhood and the people and places we use to hang. Being that this was the one day this year in the Bay area that it poured rain all day, I ended up coming back a week later to crawl through the Bronco and give it a test drive. And the rest they say is history, sort of... My offer for the Bronco was counter offered and well I figured that was it. If it went to CL, someone would throw the extra cash in that Tony wanted. 6 weeks later, I get an e-mail saying if your offer is still there, it is yours. Done deal. Early Christmas present I say. We complete the transaction Sunday afternoon and I drive it home to Morgan Hill. It was all good until I got to South San Jose and I looked down at the Temp gauge and see 240* Holy Crap!!! I pull off Hwy 85 and find that not only is the water pump leaking water out the front seal, it is making a hell of a bearing growl. Lets say it is good that I know the back roads home. So with the Rad and overflow full of water, I head home, Rad cap loose and running the trans in 5th gear to keep the rpms down. I make it to the driveway, leaving just a minor trail of water.
So now I suppose you want the meat so to speak...
1967 Bronco, Uncut, with a DSO from Seattle. S-code paint = Poppy red. It has a very tired late 80's 5.0L out of an LTD. It uses oil (burns) almost as fast as it drips out. Holley 4V, Edelbrock intake.
NV3550 5-speed conversion, rebuilt d20 with twin sticks, Power steering conversion done, think it is a 4 turn box, 76-77 Dana-44 with disc brakes with vacuum power booster. WH's aftermarket seats, with a Tuffy box under the pass seat and a Tuffy box between the seats. No Radio. P235 tires on 1990 Ford P-up Truck aluminum rims. 1" body lift. Helwig sway bars front and back. Custom made Aluminum rear tank.
I think that covers it... What it needs is a motor, probably that 96 EFI Explorer motor I have on the stand in the corner of the shop. It needs both floor pans, and it needs rewired---- Badly. And some standard Bronco type sorting. The hood needs replaced as it has a few dents and cracks in it.
More later...
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