Hello,
First I guess I should introduce myself. I'm Justin, I live just north of SLC Utah, near Hill AFB. I am active duty Air Force, 12 years now.
Now for the important part, I inherited a 1972 Bronco from my Grandfather who passed away in 2001. My Grandmother gave it to me like 4 years ago but was stationed over seas and didn't have a way to get it. so about a year ago when I moved back to the states I went to pick her up. This was my first time even seeing her since before he died in 2001. It was being stored at a family friends land in northern Arizona. So it sat for about 10-11 years untouched. I bought a trailer and winched it up on the trailer to get it home.
Once home I pulled the top, cage, seats and took it to a car wash to spray out the rat turds and nests. let me tell ya, there was a lot! I inspected the wiring and 90% of it was good, which was a surprise. A couple spark plug wires and a box that controls ignition had been chewed up. I replaced the plugs, wires, coil and that ignition box (that wasn't easy since I didn't know then that the 302 motor was out of a '75 bronco, a little different set up) changed the fuel hose to the rear tank (dry rot) and drained the old fuel and put new fuel in it, rebuild the 2 bbl carb and she fired right up!
Once I got that figured out I got to work on the inside. The drivers floor pan was rusted thu so I cut it out and planned to weld in the new one but couldn't get to fit right and I'm not great with welding yet. So I took it to a body shop and had it done. Then prepped and sprayed the inside with raptor liner. Oh I also picked up a pair of seats out of a WRX. Don't like the stock one for wheeling. And I swapped out the drums for a set of disks in the front. That's pretty much where I am now.
I'm currently deployed, and when I get back I am going to put in a brake booster in and add seat belts. I am still on the fence about the carb, I cant get it to run right. I've thought about having someone look at the carb for me, or saying screw it and swap the intake for a 4 bbl and putting an EFI set up on it. haven't decided on that yet. thoughts?
Anyways that's is.
First I guess I should introduce myself. I'm Justin, I live just north of SLC Utah, near Hill AFB. I am active duty Air Force, 12 years now.
Now for the important part, I inherited a 1972 Bronco from my Grandfather who passed away in 2001. My Grandmother gave it to me like 4 years ago but was stationed over seas and didn't have a way to get it. so about a year ago when I moved back to the states I went to pick her up. This was my first time even seeing her since before he died in 2001. It was being stored at a family friends land in northern Arizona. So it sat for about 10-11 years untouched. I bought a trailer and winched it up on the trailer to get it home.
Once home I pulled the top, cage, seats and took it to a car wash to spray out the rat turds and nests. let me tell ya, there was a lot! I inspected the wiring and 90% of it was good, which was a surprise. A couple spark plug wires and a box that controls ignition had been chewed up. I replaced the plugs, wires, coil and that ignition box (that wasn't easy since I didn't know then that the 302 motor was out of a '75 bronco, a little different set up) changed the fuel hose to the rear tank (dry rot) and drained the old fuel and put new fuel in it, rebuild the 2 bbl carb and she fired right up!
Once I got that figured out I got to work on the inside. The drivers floor pan was rusted thu so I cut it out and planned to weld in the new one but couldn't get to fit right and I'm not great with welding yet. So I took it to a body shop and had it done. Then prepped and sprayed the inside with raptor liner. Oh I also picked up a pair of seats out of a WRX. Don't like the stock one for wheeling. And I swapped out the drums for a set of disks in the front. That's pretty much where I am now.
I'm currently deployed, and when I get back I am going to put in a brake booster in and add seat belts. I am still on the fence about the carb, I cant get it to run right. I've thought about having someone look at the carb for me, or saying screw it and swap the intake for a 4 bbl and putting an EFI set up on it. haven't decided on that yet. thoughts?
Anyways that's is.
