Well, its been a little while but no real Bronco work to report. mostly just been spending some time trying to find places to put all these Bronco parts. I did order some parts so I can get to work on the minimal rust repair required. I did discover a small hidden surprise, the passenger side rocker has a good amount of filler in it. I don't think it is rusted, I think someone probably hit something and caved it in a bit. I will know more once I remove the filler and decide if I can fix it or if I have to replace it. the good thing about it is that it's the same side as the striker post with rust issues. so, two birds............
the other thing is, the more time I spend crawling over, sliding under, or just plain looking at her I'm starting to realize that I don't want to modify anything and that she should be restored to and kept all original. even the paint color is really starting to grow on me. one question I have concerns the manual steering. right now I'm thinking I want to keep it that way because that's how it came from the factory, but what if it was converted to power for sake of making it more drivable? any opinions on this helping or hurting the value? once the Bronco is finished I don't think I will be driving it daily and it most likely won't see any trails.