71' Project Slug: Black Stripe Done and Tailgate Done!

[chandaman_05]

Just got this today from a guy down south who's going through some health problems and needs the cash. It's very solid and he put a lot into it already.

Here are some pictures from the ad. Unfortunately I won't be able to pick it up for about a week since i'll be in Boston but when I get it up here i'll get some more pics up.

So excited! Can't wait to get her goin!

 

[thesnake]

Nice, I'm looking forward to seeing more pics and hearing more about it. Congrats!!!

 

[chandaman_05]

Thanks! Im so stoked to start workin on her! Hopefully it warms up here soon and stops snowing...

 

[sprdv1]

Nice set up, Congrats..! Got one of those finish up 71 projects too

 

[chandaman_05]

So I got home from Boston today and got to check her out in the trailer. The whole cab is filled with boxes of parts lots of which are brand new I got a couple pictures that I'll post up tomorrow but I can't get any good pics of it until I get it out of the trailer. Next step I guess is to take an inventory of what I do and don't have and get me a parts list going.

 

[chandaman_05]

Unfortunately she's gonna be in the trailer until Saturday until I clear room in the garage and get our truck fixed. I got a couple pics of the parts mainly in the trailer that I get to sort through over the next couple of days.
Pics suck but whatever they're better than nothing...

 

[DonsBolt]

Buy some pizza and beer, invite all the locals over
then have a put the bronco back together party.

who knows could get it done in a day %)

 

[chandaman_05]

Well obviously the plans to have it unloaded by Saturday haven't worked out! Were putting a 2 inch lift on our truck as well as replacing all the bushings and ball joints and during the process weve found some cracks in the frame where the lower control arm bolts on. I guess thats what 280k miles will do! So we're taking our time to get everything fixed up properly on the truck before we put it back together. I wish there was room to unload the bronco at least in the driveway but with all of the rain and other cars in the way im worried that our neighbors will report us for having a dealership in our driveway! (4 cars in driveway, truck in garage, 1 in the backyard, bronco in the trailer, and mustang in the other garage!)

 

[FRANKO289]

whats the vin ??? is it a U15 GLK 1xxxx ??

 

[dave vh]

sweet deal .congrats

 

[chandaman_05]

whats the vin ??? is it a U15 GLK 1xxxx ??

It's a U15 GLL 4xxxx

 

[chandaman_05]

Got a new hood today. It's in almost perfect condition and it was local so a double bonus!

 

[hardcharger]

nice, yeah you just need a couple buddies, mabye some dudes off here. i bet you offer up some beer and pizze that thing would FLY back together

 

[chandaman_05]

nice, yeah you just need a couple buddies, mabye some dudes off here. i bet you offer up some beer and pizze that thing would FLY back together

Except in Utah it would be coke and pizza! Not many beer drinkers where I live.
Hopefully the pickup will get finished this week so the bronco can come out of hibernation The frame is still needs welding and the front diff. needs to be fixed. Once that's together the bronco will come out and the tub will come off to get blasted.

One question, do you guys put your tubs on a flatbed trailer when you're hauling them around? If so what do you do to protect them? All I can think of is putting some blankets down and using tie downs to hold it on.

 

[Entourage]

Great looking Bronco Chandaman. I talked to the seller of that Bronco and wished I could have paid him the asking price. I am happy it went to a good home and helped the seller out. Congrats on a great Bronco - I am jealous!

 

[chandaman_05]

So she finally breathes fresh non trailered air after 2 months! I'm really pleased with the minimal rust issues so this should go together pretty smoothly. Just gotta finish getting the door panels, windshield wipers, and glass out and then the body work will come after that.

 

[chandaman_05]

Took the fenders off to see the PO's rust repair job and it looks like he was playing sheet metal Tetris or something!

Also, how do the rear tail lights disconnect from the harness? They're not like the rear side lights where you can twist them off.

Anyways more pics:

 

[chandaman_05]

Heres the long overdue update.
New metal showed up from TBP last week except for the drivers side kick panel which should be here any day now. I finished getting all of the little things taken off so now the old metal is ready to be cut and the new put in. Some bad news is that when i was underneath the bronco i saw some rust on the frame up underneath where the body mounts go and after looking at all of theses areas I'm pretty sure the PO just painted POR-15 over the frame without taking the time to clean the rust off.

But for now i'm going to see if i can borrow my neighbors plasma cutter to cut these pans out like a hot knife through butter! I'll get more pics up when the pans come out

 

[chandaman_05]

Got the body back from the blaster yesterday and got some new pics.

 

[stupidboy]

Why did you cut it in half?