toastedowl
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Hi All,
I have a 77 bronco that I want to restore. I'm looking to build it up for general off roading and daily (winter in western MA) driving. I basically want it to look nice but not be concerned with dings and scratches when I take it off roading.
I bought the truck basically stock about 5 years ago in WA. Since then I put a 3.5 lift, power brakes, and power steering into it... still has the 3 on the tree. About 2 years after buying it, somebody stole it and was running drugs with it in the woods in WA. The police recovered it about 9 months later and called me to pick it up. They hot wired it, rolled it, and crashed it into a tree.
At a minimum, I think it needs the frame restored, the shock mounts rewelded, definitely body work, new electrical system, door seals, interior work, tranmission upgrade, lockers, paint, and probably more.
I moved to MA and brought it with me and I'm seriously considering restoring it.
I'm looking for:
-- Checklist of things that are generally done for a restoration and in what order
-- cost estimates for common things that are done for restoration
-- Where in MA I may be able to get the frame and body work done
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I have a 77 bronco that I want to restore. I'm looking to build it up for general off roading and daily (winter in western MA) driving. I basically want it to look nice but not be concerned with dings and scratches when I take it off roading.
I bought the truck basically stock about 5 years ago in WA. Since then I put a 3.5 lift, power brakes, and power steering into it... still has the 3 on the tree. About 2 years after buying it, somebody stole it and was running drugs with it in the woods in WA. The police recovered it about 9 months later and called me to pick it up. They hot wired it, rolled it, and crashed it into a tree.
At a minimum, I think it needs the frame restored, the shock mounts rewelded, definitely body work, new electrical system, door seals, interior work, tranmission upgrade, lockers, paint, and probably more.
I moved to MA and brought it with me and I'm seriously considering restoring it.
I'm looking for:
-- Checklist of things that are generally done for a restoration and in what order
-- cost estimates for common things that are done for restoration
-- Where in MA I may be able to get the frame and body work done
Any help would be greatly appreciated!