Clydesdale Buildup (heavy horse)

[SSDDBRONCO]

looks like you had a blast especially your father-in-law with half his body out the side;D

 

[deltarat]

Just got back from a trip to moab, Easter Jeep Safari (to support a couple of our distributors).

My father-in-law is providing ballast on Cliff Hanger.

I hope he had a OH Sh$t!!! handle. Looks like he needed one there.

 

[JB Fab]

That picture makes it look it doesn't flex very well in the back.
Here is a video of it on a ramp.......

66 4BT diesel powered Ford bronco on ramp

 

[mavereq]

nice. do you drive it on the road much? i'm curious how it handles. do you have the link calculator pic for the front suspension?

 

[blazinchuck]

Im a huge fan of the diesel and the half cab!! my only concern is how high the body looks. is it possible to build with almost no up travel and as low as possible? I like the mogs..but every time I see them used on a EB..the rigs look tall. Great job on a well rounded rig, removable exo,custom cab,4bt,bla bla bla....congrats on an excellent creation,Chuck

 

[69 Bronco 69]

That's a cool rig. I just hope that engine doesn't give you the same kinda fits it did the mechanics from the bread company. lol

 

[JB Fab]

nice. do you drive it on the road much? i'm curious how it handles. do you have the link calculator pic for the front suspension?

It really handles quite well in the road, as long as you have a little extra pressure in the bump-stops, max speed is 50mph now since we are using a Atlas instead of the O/D STaK. At 55mph there are no control issues at all (comfortable one-handed driving). When we had the STaK case in it I had it up to about 70mph, not sure I would do that again...........

 

[JB Fab]

Im a huge fan of the diesel and the half cab!! my only concern is how high the body looks. is it possible to build with almost no up travel and as low as possible? I like the mogs..but every time I see them used on a EB..the rigs look tall. Great job on a well rounded rig, removable exo,custom cab,4bt,bla bla bla....congrats on an excellent creation,Chuck

Yes, it is taller than I would like it to be, the Mogs are the problem, not sure that I would use them again. Sorry I never did the calculations on the front, that was a change that was made after our first run. We had long radius arms that limited the flex.

 

[.94 OR]

Are you going to have this thing out this year? Hope to catch up with it somewhere.

 

[JB Fab]

Are you going to have this thing out this year? Hope to catch up with it somewhere.

We will be at the Un-event, but that is the only real event that we have on the scedule.
We will be in Tillamook, Coos Bay, maybe the Rubicon again but not events, just playing.

We will make a couple of the local Salem cruise-ins to.

 

[.94 OR]

I'm in Stayton, maybe I'll catch you at a Cruise-In if I get the cobwebs blown off mine.

 

[JB Fab]

Cable shifters

We have gotten, a bunch of messages regarding the transfer case shifters used in this build......

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=917766&highlight=jb+fab+cable

Almost ready for prime time.............

 

[igottastanger]

That thing is awesome, i dont know if i would have the nerve to cut as much out as yall did. But if i ever had the time and spair parts that would be on my mind great build.

 

[gaducker]

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[JB Fab]

Just found these links.......

http://www.jbfab.net/BD35feature.pdfhttp://www.jbfab.net/BD35feature.pdf

http://www.dieselpowermag.com/features/ford/0806dp_1966_ford_bronco/viewall.html