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hello all. I am glad to find this place. So I will let this be my introduction and start of my build thread. I have loved Fords my whole life. my first vehicle was a 1970 f 100. as my user name implies, I have also spent some time wrenching on mustangs. I have always loved the lines of the early bronco and have lusted after one for years but could never find one I could afford. now afford is a stupid word for me. because if I would buy one nearly complete and finance it over 5 years I would spend less in the long run but I enjoy restomodding cars, which means that there would never be a bronco built just the way I wanted it so I decided to buy this one as a starting point.
I intend to replace most every part of it over time anyway so the title and the frame are all I really needed. so here she is in all her Glory introducing project Tetanus.
I may have bitten off more than I can chew on this one, but we shall see.
now as to myself, my Dad was a mechanic he is retired and now lives in an assisted living facility nearby. I still occasionally get him over to help me, but he has very little stamina anymore, but working on cars and talking about them is what we have done my entire life. I inherited all of his tools when he moved to the nursing home, and I have spent my whole life collecting tools, so I have a really nice garage and place to hang out. but I know my limitations. I suck at body work. I can build engines, I have rebuilt a couple AOD transmissions. I have no problem with brakes or electrical etc. but body and paint, I have no real experience with it, and frankly I just don't like it.
here is my 65 mustang it was a gift from my parents for my 19th birthday. I learned most of what I know about wrenching working on this stang.
this is not the first time I have done a ground up restomodification. this is the 67 mustang I built for my daughter.
I also like 4 wheeling. I used to live in utah and got the offroad bug then, but even though I really wanted an early bronco I could not afford it so I got a jeep instead.
I work in the medical field so my job is totally unrelated to cars. My Dad was a mechanic. he is retired now, lives in a nursing home nearby. still helps me occasionally, but he is getting to the point he can't do much anymore, but it is what we have always done together, and it is still what we talk about most of the time so I love working on projects.
I bought this bronco because I wanted a project. I work on cars for fun not to sell, and not because I expect them to be worth what I do to them. at the risk of sounding philosophical I guess I am more about the journey than the end product. I spend all my time and energy thinking about the current project. the ones that are basically done.. just sit, I like to drive whatever my current project is. I fix what is broken, I test it till I find what needs improved. once I get it to a state where I don't want to do anymore to it, well then I start looking for a new project. so this project I bought with the thought that it would likely last me till I retire. I plan to have it on the road long before then but it will need future modifications and tinkering. I should be able to milk this one until I am ready to retire, and maybe then I will be old enough I won't want to constantly be working on something. only time will tell I guess
I intend to replace most every part of it over time anyway so the title and the frame are all I really needed. so here she is in all her Glory introducing project Tetanus.
I may have bitten off more than I can chew on this one, but we shall see.
now as to myself, my Dad was a mechanic he is retired and now lives in an assisted living facility nearby. I still occasionally get him over to help me, but he has very little stamina anymore, but working on cars and talking about them is what we have done my entire life. I inherited all of his tools when he moved to the nursing home, and I have spent my whole life collecting tools, so I have a really nice garage and place to hang out. but I know my limitations. I suck at body work. I can build engines, I have rebuilt a couple AOD transmissions. I have no problem with brakes or electrical etc. but body and paint, I have no real experience with it, and frankly I just don't like it.
here is my 65 mustang it was a gift from my parents for my 19th birthday. I learned most of what I know about wrenching working on this stang.
this is not the first time I have done a ground up restomodification. this is the 67 mustang I built for my daughter.
I also like 4 wheeling. I used to live in utah and got the offroad bug then, but even though I really wanted an early bronco I could not afford it so I got a jeep instead.
I work in the medical field so my job is totally unrelated to cars. My Dad was a mechanic. he is retired now, lives in a nursing home nearby. still helps me occasionally, but he is getting to the point he can't do much anymore, but it is what we have always done together, and it is still what we talk about most of the time so I love working on projects.
I bought this bronco because I wanted a project. I work on cars for fun not to sell, and not because I expect them to be worth what I do to them. at the risk of sounding philosophical I guess I am more about the journey than the end product. I spend all my time and energy thinking about the current project. the ones that are basically done.. just sit, I like to drive whatever my current project is. I fix what is broken, I test it till I find what needs improved. once I get it to a state where I don't want to do anymore to it, well then I start looking for a new project. so this project I bought with the thought that it would likely last me till I retire. I plan to have it on the road long before then but it will need future modifications and tinkering. I should be able to milk this one until I am ready to retire, and maybe then I will be old enough I won't want to constantly be working on something. only time will tell I guess
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