coachbarnes
Bronco Guru
Well, I made a road trip to Kansas yesterday to pick up a '76 that I'll be using to build a desert racer. Here's a few pics. I didn't get home until midnight last night, and bet my wife that I could let it sit for a week before I started tearing into her. I lost the bet! ;D I started "de-skinnin'" it this a.m. - I'm removing all the sheet metal, getting it down to the tube frame that the PO build. Most of the tube is too small, and will need to be almost completely built from ground up with 4130, but that's not a big deal. I added a pic of a cool mod he did. He put an inside door handle so the outside metal is smoothe. I'm dumping the doors, but I thought it was a cool idea. I'll be hauling her down to get the stock D44 replaced with a Ford 9" with 1 ton spindles and 35 spline axles. (will be selling the D44 w/disc if anyone is in the market shoot me a pm). Will also add disc on all four wheels and will replace the stock power steering(will be selling the stock unit if anyone is interested, shoot me a pm! ;D ) with a hyd. assisted steering unit. The 302 will be replaced with a 347 stroker. I'm not sure where I'm going to purchase that yet. I'm talking to several folks. We're (I'm) still undecided on the Tranny/Xfer case. I've gone back and forth about 15 times on changing the C4/D20 for a C6/205. Lot's of opinions on that one, but I'll need to just make a decision and go with it shortly. There's a lot to do, and I'm shooting for Christmas for having it "race ready".
I also posted a pic of a friends EB -- he came by this a.m. to see if he could help me, but I think he was just really seeing what parts he could scrounge! ;D (just kiddin') He's got a great truck, so I thought I'd include a pic.
I also posted a pic of a friends EB -- he came by this a.m. to see if he could help me, but I think he was just really seeing what parts he could scrounge! ;D (just kiddin') He's got a great truck, so I thought I'd include a pic.