Barn Find

[73BroncoRanger]

Interior Daze

Many thanks to all the kind words,




Part of why I sold my 67 was in fact the lack of anything original, and especially the interior, @ 6'4" I had to cut the center roll bar support to tilt back the seat enough to see under the windshield frame, many times I thought original low back buckets would be a help


(my 67 below)
my wife snapped the pic to catch my daughters glee on her daily ride to summer camp, fortunately she wasn't with me the day the rear tire fell off, yeah, can you say BRONCO RIDE

wow, did I get an original interior with this 73 :-X

theres no picture of the large wasps nest that was stuck to the dash, I broke that off and tossed to the road before thinking to grab the camera for these "before" shots when it first arrived home, the squirrels (I think) nest behind the rear panel and the birds nest on the front shock tower didn't get pictures either...(don't ask what kind of birds nest under a Bronco fender, I don't know, but it was a nicely built nest)

the blue tape on the seat I added, it was what I made my "IN TOW" sign out of, everything else came with

I did get the frozen AC blower to work and that original AM radio gets every country station within 3 miles, every time I turn it on I think its 1973

 

[broncoitis]

I had the same problem in my truck looking through the top of the windshield. The solution for me was to get seats that were not too padded on bottom and they are basically mounted as close to the floor as possible and that helped a ton. Good luck with the resto. Lookin forward to the pics!

 

[bigpitbull]

Looks like it is a solid foundation for a resto. Keep the pics coming!!

 

[BronCowie]

Congrats man, that is a stupendous find!!! ;D

 

[ahansen_1985]

Well found!


1966,351w,m5od,205....3.5" lift, 2" body, 37/13/15 boggers

 

[73BroncoRanger]

Bath Time

I had the same problem in my truck looking through the top of the windshield. The solution for me was to get seats that were not too padded on bottom and they are basically mounted as close to the floor as possible and that helped a ton. Good luck with the resto. Lookin forward to the pics!

the 67 had seats mounted on the roll bars so they were a bit high, with this stock set-up I did use some simple/crude brackets with carriage bolts to get some leg room, I didn't want to drill any new holes in the floor for now but driving with my knees by my ears wasn't so fun either

I don't know if anyone is interested but here are some photos after it got a bath and new suspension

the brown "square" next to the T shifter shows how faded the carpet and seats are from original

 

[Fireball05]

Wow, didn't waste any time with the suspension! What did you go with? Now time for new tires

 

[73BroncoRanger]

Wow, didn't waste any time with the suspension! What did you go with? Now time for new tires

its the long travel 2.5" from Jeffs which ended up being about 4" after taking out 40 years of sag, I had a lifter collapse so tires are on the long list

 

[bsquared]

Man, that is excellent! Great find...have fun!

 

[73BroncoRanger]

well after some denial and lost hope in marvel mystery oil helping I finally started on getting that collapsed lifter replaced

 

[bigpitbull]

Moving right along... What size tires are you planning on going with?

 

[DonaldDouchebag]

IDK, at the moment I have thoughts of getting the rear fenders back to original, if I do I may keep the original wheels and go tall/skinny on tires ,


so many options and only one Bronco

I really like this idea for your ride.

Nice find!

 

[AZ73]

Nice find! I'll be watching your progress!

 

[berg bronco]

Uncut is the way to go! you gotta c4? i thought you liked the three on the tree?

 

[stpdhurts]

The barn finds arn't a myth! They do exist and I have seen them. I work for an electrical engineering firm working on fiber optic upgrades to the home in Montana. It is unreal what you find in falling down sheds or out in a draw somewhere.