Fibermetal build thread

[Miker]

Looks good Mike (and expensive...) ;D

yeah, my wallet hears ya' Pete...:-[

 

[Miker]

Fuse box and wiring coming next

Fuse box with 21 mini fuses mounted up under dash instead of the glovebox, Also got the Flaming River steering column mocked in. Hopefully wiring commencing soon.

 

[Miker]

underdash insulation

Everything mocked up, now pulled and insulation added.

 

[Miker]

Cuzz just got the carbon fiber speedo bezel back from Wing Blings. Looks pretty good.

 

[Miker]

more dash work, will it end?

Picks of the dash with carbon fiber speedo bezel and pics of the dash with aux switches for extras added later

 

[Miker]

HardKnocks front bumper

Pick of my front bumper to go on at some point powder coated satin finish

 

[Fireball05]

Miker - this thing is looking awesome! Love the Hardknox bumper. Talked to them at SuperCel - nice guys, they seem to do very nice work and seem willing to work with folks to get them exactly what they want. Can't wait to see everything assembled!

 

[Miker]

Okay, been a several weeks since any updates. I leave to pick up my Bronco in Florida next weekend as that was my drop dead firm date calendar wise that I would have to pick it up. Looks like some of the stuff will not be quite buttoned up because we are simply out of time (and low on coin). So, I'll take plenty pics in Florida and post soon. Having the paint job done up here in NH so only stuff painted so far is engine bay, dash and windshield.

 

[tasker]

paint up here? why?

 

[fatboy]

Mike is it running and driving and only needs paint? Cannot wait to see pictures!

 

[Miker]

Engine has been primed with oil with the dizzy out and counter spinning the oil pump, done that three days in a row to get oil pressure up and flowing, cylinders have also been fogged, so should be soon. Was turned over by the starter very briefly.
hopefully it will be running and driveable by next Saturday. wiring is done with the exception of lights. Still need to decide what to purchase and exhaust needs to be put on.

 

[thirdtime]

The kid told me she saw an old Bronco driving down the road the other day and said it was a beater ;D (she saw it before it went in) that looked just like yours with a dude that looked like Ryan driving right around the corner from his shop. It might be running, just sayin............. I should be over there tommorow and will stop in.

 

[Miker]

The kid told me she saw an old Bronco driving down the road the other day and said it was a beater ;D (she saw it before it went in) that looked just like yours with a dude that looked like Ryan driving right around the corner from his shop. It might be running, just sayin............. I should be over there tommorow and will stop in.

Was not mine. Ryan still needs to get the hoses run for the power steering. Not near as much is as done as should be with me coming to get tit this weekend. Starting to get kinda' bummed about that. It most likely will end up not being road worthy yet which will be terribly problematic on several levels.

 

[fatboy]

Travel Safe Mike. I will be in Orlando starting Saturday for a week or R&R.

 

[Miker]

Bronco is back in NH, still much to do to it. But, what was done is certainly top shelf.
Pics to follow.

 

[fatboy]

Glad you made it back Miker. Now:

 

[Miker]

Been a while, life sorta' got in the way of Bronco,,, to a degree. The latest, picked the rig up from Florida and it is now in northern New Hampshire to get finished up. The guy in the north country is super talented. So, here are some latest photos. The roll bar is sandwiched from the fiberglass tub where the roll bar supports are tied to the frame and roll bar. The killer exhaust is mocked up as well. I couldn't help it. I got some cut outs installed that dump out just before the rear tires (can't see the turn-downs from street view) and the flowmaster 40's run out the back. Probably overkill but, we installed those mesh collector pipe thing-a-ma-bob's just past the header for vibration/flex ability.

 

[tasker]

loud and proud! god for you Mike, looking awesome

 

[fatboy]

That exhaust is a work of art Mike. If that is the kind of work he does it looks like you are in good hands.

 

[dave67fd]

Can't wait to hear those cut-offs open. Keeping up the high quality fab work on this rig as usual. Nice job Mike.