Well, I figured this was a good time to start this thread on Don's behalf since he is getting ready to get on a plane in Baltimore to head this way. I will create a pic gallery to go along with this thread so updates can be given.

Plan for Sat is to get his buggy over on the slab and on stands so he can work while he is off during the next few weeks. I think he has wheels and rear axle to start with, then a trip to San Antonio will be taking place sometime to get additional parts. A full list that can be updated and corrected will come

Yet another one begins

It will be nice to see some of my parts go to good use..

yes sir, and i appreciate to parts too. gonna come in handy and help out tremendously.

got the fuel cell installed, all the small previous cuts ground down and cleaned up and removed the tire carrier on the rear. didn't recon i'd EVER want to heft a 42" Rocker up there lol.

Got the gauges installed in the dash.

With a HUGE thanks to Sam, we made the trip to SA and Austin and picked up the D60 front axle, seats, harnesses, and 42" Rockers yesterday. Took today off to adjust to the cold. Tomorrow we'Ll be working on getting the brackets cut to mount link bars and coilovers on both ends. Finishing up my wheels to mount the rockers on and trying to get as close as I can to have it sitting on its own.

Still need a. Few parts from the JY for the front D60 to be able to mount wheels but I should be able to make a run or two out there next week for those items.

Those tires are sexy. Gave me a 'special' feeling. Will be out to start helping at about noon, with fajitas. If anyone wants to pick up some toppings, that would be cool. (Guacamolie, sour cream, etc)

how about some pictures

Be a bunch of pictures tomorrow, promise.

Got all the brackets for the links done. That takes care of that. Should get the shocks mounted tomorrow and. Get started on thw wheels.

Mann I luv productive days haha.

Pics up Bronco Project

looking good wish i could of been there to help

shocks are hung, just need the springs so it can sit on its own weight. got the wheels tacked, finish welding them up tomorrow and get the tires mounted ready for install.

Bronco Project

Few pics added at the bottom of the page. Lookin' good Makes me sad that I sold it .. but here in a few weeks when my LT1 roars to life, I will be ok with it I am sure

But of course. The yota is gonna be badarse.

ugghhh the gallery is being backed up, cant wait to see the new pics.

Looking good. On the rear truss I would add a filler to each side. Would act as a gusset and look bling.

Very Nice build.

Nah, it'll be fine. Got the coils on today. Looking mighty sharp.

UPDATED GALLERY!

figured i'd throw up a few pics of the bronco in its home for awhile.

YAY! my misalignment spacers came in for the rear. Here's a quick shot of the goodies.

Rob, 3 sets of these are yours. i'll bring them to the meeting thursday.

Sawwweeeettt! Got them installed yet

probably tomorrow - i'ze tired, you know how hard we work down there haha.

hoping to be a normal day tomorrow, at least get off at normal time.

EDIT: NEVERMIND, COULDN'T STAND IT AND WENT OUT IN THE GARAGE AND INSTALLED THEM HAHA.

Looks good with the coils on and everything suspended. Let me know when you want the 14 as the idiot that runs the auto hobby shop has told me to get my stuff out by this weekend. I can drop it off as long as you have a hoist or dont mind lifting a little.

Text Sent.....

Anytime is a good time for me pretty much.

How do you think I feel about selling it,... looks great keep it up...L

[/quote]How do you think I feel about selling it,... looks great keep it up...L [/quote]

Even more so now I am betting

As fast as you guys are moving on this thing I need to ship ours to ya...... Naw I need to work it slow... James is changing up the chassis a little moving the drivetrain back....keep it up....L

LOL, Either way, get it done, have missed wheelin' with yall.

Mike

yeah, definitly gotta get-r-dun. in about a week i should be down to engine, tranny, t-case, wireing, fuel/brake/coolant plumbing, and alittle misc here and there.

Been farting with the house, forgot to call the tranny guy...will call in the morning, still looking for the twin sticks...they are in storage someplace....have everything else.....

sounds good, no hurry YET haha. i'm still looking at later on this year before being ready to actually drive and flex it out and take it out on its first run so there is still plenty of time.

gotta start on the engine next. have a 302 thats going to need to be tore down and rebuilt and i still gotta locate a computer for MAF type EFI. but i'm looking into SD as well cause i dont think it'll be as critical to need the MAF since the engine will stay primarily stock. anything over an E cam with SD and the computer freaks out so i just gotta decide if i want to stay stock with the engine or not.

I have two SD computers... let me know which way you want to go...there's a guy on Craigslist SA selling a Mass Air wire harness for $100. and you can get new comps for about $80....L

ok i may take one of those and just keep the engine a fresh rebuilt stock form for simplistics sake.

here is a pic of the axles i picked up today.

Them son-o-guns are HEAVY too

yeah, i unloaded the rear and all the misc parts to make it lighter on the tires haha, they were bulg'n a bit haha.

i'll have the front out there tomorrow to clean it up some and get it ready for install.

Before you start welding and painting on the axles make sure you clean them up damn good... I must have sprayed and brillo pad a gallon of wd-40 on all the parts when it was sitting outside.

And yea, they were DAMN heavy. Thats the first time ive lifted them fully built.

it's ok if they're heavy,.it will keep you from rolling over..we have never had it on it's lid...just a couple slow lay overs on it's side,.just for the record it looked good with the 42 spair on it, we only used it for long beach runs and the chile callange,.it would be better to find a place to put the cooler....L

yeah i'm definitly kicking around some ideas for a cooler. may have to add some additional bars in the rear to set something up all cool like for a cooler and hold down. one thing about this rig, the possibilites are endless haha.

OH! got the rear axle in place tonight, tackling the front axle tomorrow/monday. probably take me all afternoon tomorrow just to get it out of the truck haha.

once its sitting on all four corners i'll roll it out into the driveway for a little washdown and picture time. may have to run out to mikes and grab the fenders to throw em on there for a photoshoot - minus powertrain of course but it'll give an idea of ride height and stance.

she's rolling on all 4's now. suspension and axles are DONE! - with the exception of the track bar which we will redo once the powertrain is installed to make sure of clearances. the one on it now is temporary.

NEXT - POWERTRAIN!

WOW. looks nice...L

Ye Haw! You don't like to sit around much. Good to see it rollin.

lol not at all, when i wake up i'm work'n haha

i was hopeing to be this far by tomorrow afternoon. now i get to actually rest a bit i recon, maybe haha

Short trip to fm600 with sam awarded me with a rangebox feom a dodge 203 tcase to make my dohbler with.

now gotta find an adapter for a c4-203 and i'm not finding anything.

And matching burns from the SAME piece of linkage. LOL

LOL yeah, we're like burn brothers now.

called Wild Horses and they told me that the combo i'm wanting to do hasn't been done in a very long time and isn't actually listed. they have to put the package together for me. looking at about $1k in shafts, adapters to mate the c4-203-d20.

oh and mike, the cold duck kit is no longer available from anyone anywhere. according to WildHorses that took over the kit after the original maker of the kit passed away.

Ya the cold duck is long gone,. do the 203/205 doubler. or buy a klune to put in front of the D20.. you get 4 to 1 and 2.4 to 1 and like 9 to 1...L

http://www.klunev.com/marlin_intro_article.htm
and here
http://www.klunev.com/marlin_pricing.htm

havn't looked at the Klune yet, me and mike were looking at the "Black Box" as well. i think its basically the same setup. i may just run the d20 and put money back for an atlas/stak later on.

who knows at this point haha.

trying to decide on the pane or EFI too. James at brutal said to run pane on the gent we'd probably have to redesign the rear cage to be able to mount two tanks and i dont watn to get into all that.

EFI is easy got great fuel usage..ran chile challange all day and only used 5 gal a day,the harness is easy to isolate.or get the RJM harness..plug-n-play..I'm sure you already have this link.....L

http://www.fordfuelinjection.com/

And yah EFI just looks cool as hell..this is with the RJM harness.

Yeah efi is probaby the way ill end up going with it

I am using the RJM harness. I did like being able to run Hot Springs all day and not worry about fuel.

For me the black box or klune may be the better option, I want to keep my D20 so my PTO winch can stay. I know I will spend a bit on output shafts etc, but I am thinking it may be worth it to keep the reliable PTO winch

ok so, rjm harness, and fuel injection. haha

TIP: If you do go to the RJM harness, get it from Chuck at BC Bronco.....

thats the plan, soon as i get the powertrain in i'll give him a hollar and get it all done and on its way.

forget the Klune-v wow you could have a atlas for this price....


ontherun -

Thanks! Here are some numbers:

Klune-V into Early Bronco w C4 and Bronco Dana 20 Kit Total-> $2,593.39
1 Klune-V Extreme Underdrive "David" 4.0 ratio $1,875.00 $1,825.00
1 Adapter: C4 to Klune $518.39 $518.39
1 KV: Adp Bronco Dana 20 $267.00 $250.00
(Optional) Crossmember (You may prefer to fab your own crossmember) $95.50 $0.00

Gonna start on brakes this afternoon.

got the calipers and pads installed, now just gotta get me some brake line and see what i'm going to do as far as m/c and booster.

Abilene Radiator makes custom flex brake lines, they are expensive, but you can get them pretty much any way you want. John's turned out great, he can fill you in on price.

So they do the flex line and i can just use steel line and bend to what i need right?

Yes.

Where you 'terminate' the steel line, just leave it a little long until you see what size fitting you'll need to go to the flex. You gonna run individual lines to each front wheel, or a single drop?

Yes, we can get a tape measure and a piece of paper to write down some length's to buy hard line, then you run a flex line from frame rail to each front wheel, and a center singel flx to the rear in the center with hard line on each end. If the rear calipers are floating, you need a short flex line there too (like mine).. those are easy to get in stock form.

probably individual like Mike described. i'll need help with getting the lines and whatnot done. i'm an ameture at starting from scratch with brakes.

Eazypezzzey! Not hard once you do it and figure out a plan.

what about the mastercylinder part?

something like this maybe?

http://www.bcbroncos.com/brakesystem08.html

That is the best way to go for sure, I hope to do that in the near future... Mine are getting spongey...

I let Mike bend up my lines for the rear axle since I'm a chiken$h!t when it comes to ruining stuff. But the pieces aren't that long, so you can mark-bend-mark-bend as you go. Doing it nice and neat is an easy way to make it look good, and doing it half-a$$ will make it look chitty. So taking some time to do it right will pay off. Starting with a bare chassis will be sweet. Some time with a wire wheel and a rattle can will help, too.

Oh there is going to be some rattle can'n going on trust me.

Check out Speedway Motors for brake lines. I got most of my stuff from them for pretty reasonable. They have most everything for hardline and flex. You can get the braided SS flexline in whatever length/size (-3 or -4) and pick the ends you want (banjo, NPT). Pretty easy and fast shipping. I also picked up the weld on tabs and clamps. I can take some pictures of my stuff if you want.

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/ProductSum...es&deptId=0

Cool site.

and here is the color - make sure and bring your shades on sunny days haha.

bronco has been scotchbrited and is now ready for paint for the most part. once its out at Mike's we'll get the axles, shocks, links out from under it and start gett'n after it.

can't wait to see it green haha.

placed the order for the propane kit - WE'RE GOING PROPANE!