'69 Build Up *Paints done, body's back on with poser pics*

[Devin]

Dude, there is only one thing that I can say about your truck. Badass.

 

[Pony2]

VERY nice rig looks great keep up the great work and be proud of what you have acomplished!;D hope i get there soon!

 

[hammer]

Dash is almost ready to put back in. Rebuilt the gauge cluster with my NOS speedo I picked up a while back. Pretty cool, odometer reads zero and it's in kilometers. Cut out the glove box and swapped it with the speaker grill. Flipped the ashtray cover upside down so I can put my centech fuse box behind it. Gotta mess around with it some more to get it to mount and flip open properly.

The two dings up top are from when I brace my tub with the dash still in. Figured there was no point in fixing them, they'll just get covered up by the dash pad. There was almost no way to hammer them out from behind and I didn't want to just stuff them full of filler.

 

[ilovemaui]

Very nice work.

Looks like the ash tray is upside down.

 

[hammer]

Roll cage is in and the grill is put back together. Gotta get the hood latches blasted and painted as well as new turn signal buckets as mine were rusted beyond repair. Working on locating some grill trim corner pieces. One of mine is smunched.

Also got my 23 gal tank cleaned out, resealed and installed. Installed my fuel lines, both pumps and the BC accumulator.

 

[hammer]

Very nice work.

Looks like the ash tray is upside down.

Its like that on purpose, trying to do this;

 

[hammer]

I really don't like it so far though. Its been pretty tough to get it to line up right an stay there and when you do its got a huge gap at the top as seen in the pic with the blue door closed. I think I'm gonna hunt down another glove box hinge an just do what Mad did here. Kind of a piss off as i already filled the dimple in the top.

 

[hammer]

Back on the horse for a little bit here. My dad is out of work for the time being so i got an extra set of hands to exploit.

Got some under the dash shit done this weekend, heater, pedals, pb etc. Finished my tro with building the chevy 1 ton setup from complete off road. Went okay. I reamed out one knuckle checking it for fit with the wrong tre. @#$%!!! But luckily I had an extra set of knuckles lying around. Took twice as long as it should of with swapping out a knuckle but I'm getting pretty good at drawing this out as long as possible so its only fitting.

Can't edit the title on the built thread since the thread is so old now. I guess my build is officailly taking to long.

Next up, centech & rjm harnesses, flaming river steering setup and rear brakes and brake lines.

 

[hammer]

Just had a week off of work here, got some stuff done.

Decided I needed to do an explorer serp swap. Went across the border and piked up a complete '98 Explorer 5.0L. Couldn't use the P heads cause I didn't want to buy or modify headers, so I ended up ripping down the explorer block and putting the mustang heads and upper on. This way I get my explorer serp and my rjm harness still works with all the mustang stuff. Also got the explorer pan outta the deal as well. I had to build a set of shims outta some plate steel to shim the engine up to clear the idler pulley. I may be able to use the oil cooler as well.

After that I got the RJM harness installed. Pretty happy with it. Just had to lengthen the air bypass plug in order to accommodate the bc broncos throttle cable. Made my own alternator harness from the old explorer one. Still have to mount my coil and my bp sensor. If anyone has suggestions or pics that would be sweet. For the coil I was thinking of making a plate to go where the ac pump used to be and mounting it there.

Next up was the centech. Wired the dash out on the bench. Put in their wiper switch, a usb outlet and a 12 v outlet where the brake warn light was. Gave up on the brake warn light. Couldn't get the new bezel into the old housing. Dash and pad installed. I've runt he passenger side of the centech through the firewall but that's where i've left off.

Then I got the flaming river tilt column and steering shaft installed. I'm using a grant disconnect and it wasn't mating up well to the column so I had to weld a 1/2" strip around the bezel to make up the difference. Turned out good. I'm pretty pist the tilt lever is already busted. What a cheap POS that is. You'd think it would be a bit beefier for what you pay for these things. Still don't know what i'm gonna do about that one. But at least the bronco steers now.

Cage is permanently in now that the dash is in.

enjoy the pics!

 

[meech]

love it ! nice work !!!

 

[ryoungbronco]

Very nice!

 

[70EB]

Nice. Engine and serp swap went quick. Glad that worked out for ya.

What are you going to run for the ZF shifter? I used my stock one but had to build a small adapter plate to angle it down and over. Without it, it would hit the bottom of the dash.

 

[hammer]

Nice. Engine and serp swap went quick. Glad that worked out for ya.

What are you going to run for the ZF shifter? I used my stock one but had to build a small adapter plate to angle it down and over. Without it, it would hit the bottom of the dash.

Not 100% sure yet. Those twin sticks need some work to. Not sure why they come so long. Imagine what they'd be like without a body lift. I've seen guys do what you have done, I've also seen them pie cut it, move it where they need it and then re weld it up. Basically i need to start witht he zf shifter and then make the twin sticks work around that. Wasn't worrying about it until I get my seats installed,to see where I'm sitting.

Then again that stock zf shifter isn't very classic looking, so I may try something else completely. I've got a pineapple grenade that I need to find a use for.;D

 

[stupidboy]

I thought you were driving this by now.:-X

 

[hammer]

I thought you were driving this by now.:-X

Ouch

If I'm not driving it this summer I'm gonna sell it and buy a lowered honda civic to punish myself.

 

[Jsp]

looks nice!

 

[Tito]

Looks amazing! Good luck with the final touches. You get something worked out for the return spring?

 

[stupidboy]

Ouch

If I'm not driving it this summer I'm gonna sell it and buy a lowered honda civic to punish myself.

HAHA... good luck with the sale;D;D no just kidding, you did an amazing job on it so far and hope to see you driving it soon.

 

[hammer]

Looks amazing! Good luck with the final touches. You get something worked out for the return spring?

Yeah it was easy enough, don't know why i couldn't figure that one out on my own. Thanks again.

 

[hardcharger]

i'll happily be a member of the titanium truck club with that rig, lol. looking awesome man