NY-Bronco
Resident Dipstick
First the specs:
1972 Bronco
302 mated to C4
Dana44 front with discs ;D
Ford 9" with drums
Ill keep updating this first post for new specs
As some of you know I just got her. Being that I live in a loft, I cant quite work on the EB at home. I envy everyone with their own garage. Thats the reason why I bought a Bronco in very good condition. I have to pay this shop a couple of bucks to use their space. They dont seem to understand my want to try stuff on my own. I am relatively mechanically inclined but dont know Ford very well at all. Been spending several days now reading up on what is what in there.
Why did I call my ride Gumbi? Just look at the color. Ive been very happy with her so far. Definitely a kickass honeymoon. Since I got her, I put about 1500 miles on it already. The first was the drive from Arkansas to NYC. Then a lot of local driving. I bought this baby to drive!!
Here she is before I got my modification bug:
She is definitely a beauty and she took me all the way home. During the trip I stopped over at Duffs and got her new bumpers and sliders. All made od 1/4" steel.:
The front and rear bumpers look very naked at the moment. Tomorrow I will pick up my spare tire. The hilift jack is on its way as well as the 5g gas tank. Im still searching for a nice vintage stainless steel cooler. Ive been trolling ebay and craigslist non stop.;D
For the front I ordered the Warn 9.0 RC. Its nice and small and fits in the bumper without blocking the lines of the grill.
As far as sound system goes, I know some of you want pics but currently its mounted on a piece of plywood. Still trying to figure out the best way to do this. Basicaly its a JVC head unit. I kept the Alpine full range speakers in the door. Because I could not hear anything driving on the highway, I added a powerbass 600w amp and a 12" Sony Explod sub in the back. Details will follow. All I can say is that its loud enough to satisfy a Brooklyn hoodlum Being in a Bronco with a soft top we cant really ever get audiophile quality sound so I opted for loud. Besides expensive systems will get my top slashed and stolen.
Im impatiently waiting for a BC Bronco frontrunner serpentine system as well their vintage air unit. Te 105 degrees from Littlerock to knoxville will not be forgotten.
Being that I am 6'5 I sit quite high in the Bronco. When it rains I end up looking at that contraption they call a wiper. I ended up just rainexing the windshield and turning off the wipers completely. Besides, the wipers only ran one speed. plus I had no spray nozzles on the hood. I hope the wild horses synchronized wiper motor kit will solve that problem. I also ordered new nozzles. The reservoir tank is there and unused.
I also went to Autozone and bought just about anything having to do with organizing wires. Wires all over the place is a pet peeve of mine. That will be quite a little project in itself.
Ill be posting pics of all the upgrades as they are made.
1972 Bronco
302 mated to C4
Dana44 front with discs ;D
Ford 9" with drums
Ill keep updating this first post for new specs
As some of you know I just got her. Being that I live in a loft, I cant quite work on the EB at home. I envy everyone with their own garage. Thats the reason why I bought a Bronco in very good condition. I have to pay this shop a couple of bucks to use their space. They dont seem to understand my want to try stuff on my own. I am relatively mechanically inclined but dont know Ford very well at all. Been spending several days now reading up on what is what in there.
Why did I call my ride Gumbi? Just look at the color. Ive been very happy with her so far. Definitely a kickass honeymoon. Since I got her, I put about 1500 miles on it already. The first was the drive from Arkansas to NYC. Then a lot of local driving. I bought this baby to drive!!
Here she is before I got my modification bug:
She is definitely a beauty and she took me all the way home. During the trip I stopped over at Duffs and got her new bumpers and sliders. All made od 1/4" steel.:
The front and rear bumpers look very naked at the moment. Tomorrow I will pick up my spare tire. The hilift jack is on its way as well as the 5g gas tank. Im still searching for a nice vintage stainless steel cooler. Ive been trolling ebay and craigslist non stop.;D
For the front I ordered the Warn 9.0 RC. Its nice and small and fits in the bumper without blocking the lines of the grill.
As far as sound system goes, I know some of you want pics but currently its mounted on a piece of plywood. Still trying to figure out the best way to do this. Basicaly its a JVC head unit. I kept the Alpine full range speakers in the door. Because I could not hear anything driving on the highway, I added a powerbass 600w amp and a 12" Sony Explod sub in the back. Details will follow. All I can say is that its loud enough to satisfy a Brooklyn hoodlum
Being in a Bronco with a soft top we cant really ever get audiophile quality sound so I opted for loud. Besides expensive systems will get my top slashed and stolen.Im impatiently waiting for a BC Bronco frontrunner serpentine system as well their vintage air unit. Te 105 degrees from Littlerock to knoxville will not be forgotten.
Being that I am 6'5 I sit quite high in the Bronco. When it rains I end up looking at that contraption they call a wiper. I ended up just rainexing the windshield and turning off the wipers completely. Besides, the wipers only ran one speed. plus I had no spray nozzles on the hood. I hope the wild horses synchronized wiper motor kit will solve that problem. I also ordered new nozzles. The reservoir tank is there and unused.
I also went to Autozone and bought just about anything having to do with organizing wires. Wires all over the place is a pet peeve of mine. That will be quite a little project in itself.
Ill be posting pics of all the upgrades as they are made.
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