Red 67

[kman67]

I've been wanting to start a thread on my Bronco for a long time but wanted to start from the begining. I recently scanned some old pictures to show what I started from. I bought my Bronco in 1996, drove it for 2 years then decided to put in a new engine, tranny and wiring kit. Well that snowballed big time and turned into a 2 year project. Here are some pics of what it looked like when I bought it.

[kman67]

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As you can see, I thought, well if I'm going to redo the engine bay, I might as well repaint the whole thing, right? When I took the engine out I noticed the previous owner seriously hacked up the frame to change from an I6 to a V8. He also cut the frame to put the PS box on. I was able to buy a good frame from someone in Morgan Hill. You can even see the ATV winch mounted under the front bumper.

[earlybronco72]

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I've seen the finished product, and you have come a long ways. Now lets see the rest of the build.

[kman67]

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So I installed a '94 351W and an AOD. I also put on a Wild Horses 3.5" lift and shock hoops. I then had the frame powder coated. I also redid the dash. To do that I cut out the center section of the dash and welded in a piece of sheet metal that had a 90* bend at the bottom.

[kman67]

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I got it back on the road in 2000 and have been loving it ever since. I have been upgrading it here and there. Here's a pic of a cooler rack I made but took it off because it stuck out farther than the spare tire.

[kman67]

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In 2002 I upgraded to a dana 44 with disc brakes, last year I upgraded to rear disc brakes with hydro boost. In 2006 I upgraded to SEFI using the wiring kit from fordfuelinjection.com. I was having overheating problems so I moved to tranny cooler to the side and put 2 pusher fans on.

[kman67]

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As some of you know I blew 2 side walls on the Rubicon this September so I found a great deal on bigger tires and wheels. 37" Toyo's on 17" Allied beadlocks. So now I am in the process of clearing the fenders for the tires. I really don't want to get a bigger lift so I am going to raise the flares up and tube the front inner fender wells. I haven't figured out how much I will need to do to the rear yet.

[kman67]

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When I rebuilt my rig 10 years ago, I made it so I could unbolt the inner fender wells. That made it easy to remove them. So I started making the inner fender tube support. I am connecting it to the front body mounts and firewall in case I want to change the body lift. I made the front part of the support today. While I'm at it I'm going to add onboard air, a PS cooler, and touch up the wiring.

[Broncrick]

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Nice Kyle! You will love the tires, and the size is perfect

[u14]

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Nice upgrades, Already preparing for the next con trip? I had so much fun I came home and tore mine all apart to.

[kwspony]

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do you have any pics of how you made the inner fenders unbolt? Sounds like a cool mod.

[Rockbronco67]

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Wow you have done a lot since you first got it. Your rig did pretty good on the Con. I think the one think that was holding you back were those 33's. Now you are ready to roll.

[kman67]

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I cut the inner fender support at the firewall. I then added some sheet metal to the fire wall and the fender support. I then clamped it all together and drilled holes for the bolts.

[CityHick]

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Kyle, the two times I've seen your rig I obviously didnt pay enough attention to the finer details. You've got one very nice Bronco and it looks like it keeps getting better. Very nice work!

[u14]

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kyle, are you going to have to cut any more of your fenders?