hannibal61577
New Member
Hey all - I'm Doug and I'm a new member from Boise, ID. I brought home my first early Bronco yesterday, a '69 that I bought from a friend of mine. He has it disassembled quite a bit, but everything is marked, hardware separated in bags and I got a DVD full of reference pics that he took. I'll probably still have plenty of questions when putting it back together, though.
It didn't come with a hard top or front bumper, but I think that most of the rest of it is there. Not sure if the rear bumper is stock or not. Both rocker panels are rusted out, but it came with brand new replacements. Also got two swing away spare tire carriers and a spare drivers door. The bottom of the windshield frame is rusted out, also a rust hole under the hood by the driver's side firewall and the tail gate is pretty shot, too. So, not perfect, but not the worst that I've dealt with either.
Plan for this is to put it back together, replace any rusted out spots and paint. Make sure it's safe and semi-reliable. Nothing spectacular, just want a cool old Bronco to take up in the hills. I want it to look good at 20 feet and 20MPH
All I know about it now is it has the 302 with stock 3 speed, someone did a power steering mod and I was told it has front disc brakes, but I haven't verified yet. According to the VIN, the original color was red - I absolutely loathe the color of it now. The odometer shows 19,750 miles
Although this is my first early Bronco (had a 93 Bronco that was a pile of garbage, and I usually love Fords), this is not my first restoration. Several years ago, I restored a '63 CJ3B, yeah, I'm a Jeep guy, too. But I figure that anyone who is into one kind of old iron should be able to appreciate others as well.
I'm looking forward spending time here on the board and I probably won't be able to contribute much for awhile, but I'm sure I'll ask a lot of questions!
Here are some pics of my "new" Bronco:
It didn't come with a hard top or front bumper, but I think that most of the rest of it is there. Not sure if the rear bumper is stock or not. Both rocker panels are rusted out, but it came with brand new replacements. Also got two swing away spare tire carriers and a spare drivers door. The bottom of the windshield frame is rusted out, also a rust hole under the hood by the driver's side firewall and the tail gate is pretty shot, too. So, not perfect, but not the worst that I've dealt with either.
Plan for this is to put it back together, replace any rusted out spots and paint. Make sure it's safe and semi-reliable. Nothing spectacular, just want a cool old Bronco to take up in the hills. I want it to look good at 20 feet and 20MPH
All I know about it now is it has the 302 with stock 3 speed, someone did a power steering mod and I was told it has front disc brakes, but I haven't verified yet. According to the VIN, the original color was red - I absolutely loathe the color of it now. The odometer shows 19,750 miles
Although this is my first early Bronco (had a 93 Bronco that was a pile of garbage, and I usually love Fords), this is not my first restoration. Several years ago, I restored a '63 CJ3B, yeah, I'm a Jeep guy, too. But I figure that anyone who is into one kind of old iron should be able to appreciate others as well.
I'm looking forward spending time here on the board and I probably won't be able to contribute much for awhile, but I'm sure I'll ask a lot of questions!
Here are some pics of my "new" Bronco:
