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A lot of Bronco stuff happened in the last few months... Sold Poppy, the 67, she is in Texas now, north of Houston. Sold Mater, the 69, he is in San Jose getting paint and body work done. Did a major inventory on my Bronco parts, cleaned a bunch, tossed some, and sold a fair amount at the Swap meet. I still have a fair amount, which led to the conclussion that I should do another EB build.
I did look at a fair number of Gen III Broncos and a few Gen II's, most were pretty tired and I see they are not as well supported as the early Broncos are. Prices for those were all over the place too. My thanks to all my Bronco buddies who gave me leds to check, or sent me links to look at.
So here we are with Betty, a 70 Wimbledon white bronco from New Mexico. Her true name is Betty White, get the tie in? Thank you Patrick for naming her. So many other names came to mind, but didn't seem to fit or may not have been considered PC in todays world. A Running 302, 3 on the tree, no brakes (bad master cyl) D44 already up front, 3:50's Trac loc in the rear., Modified tire rack in back. Has some 15" rollers on it now. Had a bulkhead, but that is gone. No holes in the back for a bench seat/belts. Top is borderline junk, holes drilled for a rack, and a bunch of pop rivets to the support bows. Cage Dave says look for a good used one... Which I am. Not in a hurry though.
I got it from JimGo in SJ, lots of horse trading to get this one. He tossed in a 98 Explorer long block.
Haven't found any rust damage yet, well there is some holes on the inside of the tailgate... Been scrubbing and cleaning and the paint is coming back as you can see in one of the pictures. Lots of little custom touches, most of it mounted with sheet metal screws. I tell people that I think my Dad worked on it, lots of things mount with carrage bolts/large washers/square nuts. He would save and reuse stuff, product of growing up in the Depression. I have rebuilt both doors, scraped off the window tint (more of that to do). Picked up a replacement dash in Oregon... Large gash for a radio hole
So pulled out a bunch of stuff, Patrick bought the running motor, I pulled the 3 spd and T-case. Cut off the beefy hitch that was welded to the frame. Both tanks are out now. Looking at a similar build to Mater, keeping the Patina, 4R70W. Explorer EFI. Did my first Explorer harness conversion, EFI Guy has done two ECU's for me. Have ordered a few parts, some came in, some are on back order. Took about 7 weeks to get the Explorer long block rebuilt, Tranny and extra T-case is at the rebuilder, he says next year. Called Areo tanks and talked to Jake... It took a few weeks but they built a tank for me. (Building a bunch of Sprinter van extended size tanks as of late) Probably will get the body off the frame in the new year to do a fresh suspensionand clean up the frame welds before powder coating.
I will post more as I work on her...
I did look at a fair number of Gen III Broncos and a few Gen II's, most were pretty tired and I see they are not as well supported as the early Broncos are. Prices for those were all over the place too. My thanks to all my Bronco buddies who gave me leds to check, or sent me links to look at.
So here we are with Betty, a 70 Wimbledon white bronco from New Mexico. Her true name is Betty White, get the tie in? Thank you Patrick for naming her. So many other names came to mind, but didn't seem to fit or may not have been considered PC in todays world. A Running 302, 3 on the tree, no brakes (bad master cyl) D44 already up front, 3:50's Trac loc in the rear., Modified tire rack in back. Has some 15" rollers on it now. Had a bulkhead, but that is gone. No holes in the back for a bench seat/belts. Top is borderline junk, holes drilled for a rack, and a bunch of pop rivets to the support bows. Cage Dave says look for a good used one... Which I am. Not in a hurry though.
I got it from JimGo in SJ, lots of horse trading to get this one. He tossed in a 98 Explorer long block.
Haven't found any rust damage yet, well there is some holes on the inside of the tailgate... Been scrubbing and cleaning and the paint is coming back as you can see in one of the pictures. Lots of little custom touches, most of it mounted with sheet metal screws. I tell people that I think my Dad worked on it, lots of things mount with carrage bolts/large washers/square nuts. He would save and reuse stuff, product of growing up in the Depression. I have rebuilt both doors, scraped off the window tint (more of that to do). Picked up a replacement dash in Oregon... Large gash for a radio hole
So pulled out a bunch of stuff, Patrick bought the running motor, I pulled the 3 spd and T-case. Cut off the beefy hitch that was welded to the frame. Both tanks are out now. Looking at a similar build to Mater, keeping the Patina, 4R70W. Explorer EFI. Did my first Explorer harness conversion, EFI Guy has done two ECU's for me. Have ordered a few parts, some came in, some are on back order. Took about 7 weeks to get the Explorer long block rebuilt, Tranny and extra T-case is at the rebuilder, he says next year. Called Areo tanks and talked to Jake... It took a few weeks but they built a tank for me. (Building a bunch of Sprinter van extended size tanks as of late) Probably will get the body off the frame in the new year to do a fresh suspensionand clean up the frame welds before powder coating.
I will post more as I work on her...
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when we meet up again.
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