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Keep'n it Steel. My 69 build

jonpblewis@yaho

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I've owned my 69 for 22 years now. Hard to believe it's been that long. For the most part it's been my only ride and from the time I drove that strait 6 w/3 on the tree home I've never considered driving anything else. I didn't know much about working on cars then and so its been an eventful love affair. Over the years I made upgrades and changes mostly just keeping it on the road. When the six went out I put a 302 in. Later on a C4. Power steering, front disks, Power breaks, etc. I always thought someday I'd tear it down for a frame off but that never seemed to happen till last year when I thought I'd have the time and money to finally make it happen. I had been collecting parts and ideas for what I wanted to do but mostly I was going to take it apart and let the project and my limited funds guide the build. I knew from watching other builds here that it was going to be a big deal but I don't think anything can prep you for the actual scope of the work, time and money it takes to do something like this.
I wasn't planing on doing a build thread and I make no promises to keep this current as I'm terrible when it comes to remembering to take pics and follow up with updates but wanted to share some of the pics I've taken up to now. I've had some ideas about how I wanted to do things on the Bronco that are outside the standard build box so I can say that while you might not agree or like some of the mods I've done at least it's something new and different. Please feel free to ask any questions or share thoughts. I'll try to respond timely.
Now lets start with some pics. I guess I'll start with what I started with and where I'm at now. Then I can come back and fill in with pics leading up to now and hopefully carry on to a finish or at least back on the road.
 

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jonpblewis@yaho

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I'll add more later this evening.
 

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I like what I see so far, I can't wait to see it in one piece! Keep the pic's coming and good luck with the build!
 
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Some more from earlier in the build.
 

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Holy crap that's a lot of work! At first I was confused because I thought the tub looked like fiberglass, but after scrolling thru all the pics I see lots of tin work. Impressive undertaking!

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I've worked on one similar to yours in that it had no seams anywhere on the exterior. It's a cool look, but I would hate to get into a fender bender and have to pay someone to R&R a bent up section. With your mad skills, at least you know you can be the guy to fix it if it does happen. It will definitely be one of a kind and a real head turner.
 
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Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. It really helps keep the motivation going. I'm working hard to get things ready to be assembled and on to wiring. starting to see light at the end of this long sometimes very dark tunnel.
 
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Have some time to kill this afternoon and thought I'd share some more about my build. The bronco has been in San Diego for most of it's life and so rust wasn't too bad. Not that it didn't have some and I lived at the beach for most of the time I owned it so any rust it did have slowly grew. It was in the usual places windshield frame, cowl, rockers and door pillars. The PO had replaced floor pans at some point so they where doing OK. I braised the tub and started with the rockers.
The plan was to cut them out at the edge of the door jamb and replace them with 2"x 4" box steel on edge. I wanted to have the new rocker/ skis extend across the fenders all the way to the wheel wells and blend them in. I also wanted to pull the fenders outward as much as I could and work them into the flares. So at the point where the old rocker met the front fender and the rear quarter I bent the 2" x 4" so it kicked out slightly to come in line and flush with where I was able to flex the fenders out to. This started to give me the subtle prerunner but hardly noticeable kind of effect I was looking for.
 

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