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Unearthed my Bronco from its icy grave....boy did it feel good to drive it again!!
Gotta love the water lines still in the headlight;D
Unearthed my Bronco from its icy grave....boy did it feel good to drive it again!!
Installed a swing away spare tire carrier. Have the wheel but need a tire. Probably go for five new tires....
Thanks Howard (Howard2x4x4)
/Anders
Fired it up and no exhaust leaks! It sounds so much better now.
Gassed it and loaded it up on the trailer for a SMORR weekend. Should be nice and quite there, I believe most folks will be at Disney Ok and the Big Meats Run.
Time to test out the steering box rebuild for real.
Went for an evening drive. Took this picture. Went home and started thinking about new tires, and a lift, and a soft top, and a roll cage, and new body bushings, and that hard starting issue...
Got into the Dana 20 and found my output shaft gear in this condition.
6 phone calls later I think I found the only one in the country. Do these go out often and why is no one making replacements?
I picked up my newly re-foamed and recovered Explorer seats and Explorer spare tire cover. Picking up newly painted Bronco on Monday and then the reassembly fun begins!
Here's the version where you're way out in the outback with no pavement in sight, prospecting for adventure.%);D
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Took a trip to the shady part of town where I was able to procure a really nice RKI side mount tool box. These things go for like $480 new but Angel was selling them out of the back of a U-Haul storage center for $75 cash..
Finished up my strut bar yesterday. This is a temp solution so I can get it back on the trail soon.
A Pony rear bench? Holy cow, nice find! I'd call that a score even if you had to pay higher than good-buddy pricing.
Now to match the front seats...
Which may not be too hard actually, since the Mustang people probably sell covers that might fit the Bronco front buckets. Maybe?
Cool beans either way. Not many of them around after all these years.
Paul