71 Bronco

Geniusloerts · Jun 16, 2017

Well, figured I could start a thread on the bronco we picked up last Friday. Made a family trip out of it and the wife got to hit up IKEA.

I got an extra top for it since the one on it has a natural sunroof. The seller also gave me an extra hood, core support, and some doors.

plan to fix the usual rust spots, see if the 170 will run, find a dana 44 for it, 2.5" lift, some steel wheels and pizza cutter tires, some type of family cage/seats, and enjoy. Eventually paint it when the wife decides what color she wants.

Here it is in all it's glory. (sorry about the rotated image)

Got it into the garage until I rearrange some space in the shop.

Got the old top off...Pretty sure it had never been off before. looks like at one point it had a rack and some luggage strap sliders. It needs a top skin and some work on the sides, haven't decided to scrap it or if someone would want to take a stab at fixing it... Thoughts??

jmangi62 · Jun 16, 2017

Nice score! Looks like you have a good plan to fix her up too. Congrats on the new project. Jim

chuckyb · Jun 17, 2017

Congratulations! Good to see another one get pulled indoors for some TLC!

Geniusloerts · Jun 19, 2017

Went through some of the wiring and got rid of the stuff waiting to burn it down....There was a household light switch set up to turn on the head lights... anyways made my way through the ignition wiring. Everything tracked right and had voltages the correct places. I dropped in my extra battery and bumped her over. Seemed promising except the lack of spark. Ended up adjusting the points and got some good spark. put a little fuel in the carb, grabbed the fire extinguisher and let her fire. It doesn't sound too bad for sitting for who knows how long. I need a replacement filter lid (its rusted through), but the intake noise will drop once that gets back on there.

on the list for tonight is to drop the tank to clean/ check it out, and pull down the pedal assembly to clean up the pivot points as they are sticking.

Geniusloerts · Jun 30, 2017

Well I backed it out of the garage for it to get a bath. Washed it top side and bottom so grime wont fall on me while working on it.

got the dash pad off and the windshield unbolted to clean up a bit more before removing the dash panel. Found some interesting stuff in the chasm of the decades, some .22 shells, a comb, sunflower seeds, and a unused stick of gum that had withered from the acerbity of time.

pulled off my rear wheel to try and check out the status of the rear drums. ran across, what I would imagine was a kosher mod for back in the day, the axle being moved back an inch.....but not how must of us do it now.

okie4570 · Jun 30, 2017

Awesome finds there lol. My 71' started off life Mallard Green as well.

Geniusloerts · Jun 30, 2017

okie4570 said:
Awesome finds there lol. My 71' started off life Mallard Green as well.

Haha, thanks...I think? We haven't decided what to do with the color yet. I like the green and have a few ideas to modernize it a little, but I will probably let the wife decide since she was the driving force to get a Bronco.

okie4570 · Jun 30, 2017

Geniusloerts said:
Haha, thanks...I think? We haven't decided what to do with the color yet. I like the green and have a few ideas to modernize it a little, but I will probably let the wife decide since she was the driving force to get a Bronco.

There were 1128 Mallard Green broncos in 71'. 2936 were 6cyl and 15784 v8.

Geniusloerts · Jun 30, 2017

Nice, I need to order my report. I think mine is a bare bones truck, which i think is kinda neat.

sprdv1 · Jun 30, 2017

Congrats and good luck w/the build..

LUBr LuvR · Jun 30, 2017

1 of 18 with those paint/trim codes? That's some low numbers, might want to consider keeping it the original color......

okie4570 · Jun 30, 2017

LUBr LuvR said:
1 of 18 with those paint/trim codes? That's some low numbers, might want to consider keeping it the original color......

Too late, it's been red at some point, and is now white and black. I'd like to take it back to original though.

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