bknbronco
Bronco Guru
Got back from North Lima, Ohio with my glass stuff on monday night. The trip went well and i stoped off at build-a-bronco on my way home for a few small items.
The tub looks very straight. Of course its white so its hard to tell how straight it is until is painted a dark color but other people who have worked with fiberglass said my tub will paint up great after some Kwik Fill Polyester Primer and some blocking. Im gona leave it white for the first few years. The underside is not gelcoat but it is nice and smooth with resin. The tub looks exactly factory except for the cut and molded rear fender flares.
As far as for construction it seems very solid with some steel under the tailgate from rear corner to rear corner, some steel in the door areas, and a steel support that holds the dash, windshield frame, hood, and steering column.
The construction i know is done with stranded mat not the woven cloth. Im not sure how much if anything is done with a chop gun.
I got the steel doors on and the lines match up perfectly. Im working on matching up the front fenders next. The factory taillights went in great and look nice and flush. I got all the holes cut in the firewall and everything bolted up. The best way to work with the cutting is with a unibit (or step bit some call it), the hole saws worked for the medium holes, and a roto zip worked sweet for the large holes (with the bit like youd use for plastic or even sheetrock i think). For slightly enlarging holes or trimming up the rotozip with a small grinding stone worked great.
I am using steel doors, tailgate, hood, and grill. The windshield frame will be the viewfinder frame with the wipers under the glass. The front clip (inner fenders, core support, etc) is new steel also. I went with steel grill and tailgate because i wanted to keep the FORD letters that are stamped in them pieces. The glass grill and tailgate from Kentrol are sweet but they dont say FORD.
The tub looks very straight. Of course its white so its hard to tell how straight it is until is painted a dark color but other people who have worked with fiberglass said my tub will paint up great after some Kwik Fill Polyester Primer and some blocking. Im gona leave it white for the first few years. The underside is not gelcoat but it is nice and smooth with resin. The tub looks exactly factory except for the cut and molded rear fender flares.
As far as for construction it seems very solid with some steel under the tailgate from rear corner to rear corner, some steel in the door areas, and a steel support that holds the dash, windshield frame, hood, and steering column.
The construction i know is done with stranded mat not the woven cloth. Im not sure how much if anything is done with a chop gun.
I got the steel doors on and the lines match up perfectly. Im working on matching up the front fenders next. The factory taillights went in great and look nice and flush. I got all the holes cut in the firewall and everything bolted up. The best way to work with the cutting is with a unibit (or step bit some call it), the hole saws worked for the medium holes, and a roto zip worked sweet for the large holes (with the bit like youd use for plastic or even sheetrock i think). For slightly enlarging holes or trimming up the rotozip with a small grinding stone worked great.
I am using steel doors, tailgate, hood, and grill. The windshield frame will be the viewfinder frame with the wipers under the glass. The front clip (inner fenders, core support, etc) is new steel also. I went with steel grill and tailgate because i wanted to keep the FORD letters that are stamped in them pieces. The glass grill and tailgate from Kentrol are sweet but they dont say FORD.
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