jboomer
Sr. Member
Gents (& Ladies if you're here!),
I've been visiting your site for about 2 months now reading and researching and am starting to recognize a bunch of your usernames and figure you'll start recognizing mine in the months to follow!
I've always wanted a "classic" truck but finances never permitted it. However, I was able to convince my wife (she'll figure me out soon! LOL!) it was more cost effective to go this route than to keep making payments on a newer vehicle and watching that money go down the drain. Well, my wife bought me a '75 Bronco this summer while I was in Iraq! Actually, her dad picked it out for me after ensuring it was "sound" and a decent buy and had it shipped to NC for my homecoming. Not before replacing the floor pans and making a couple of cosmetic improvements due to rust/bullet holes and the like.
Well, I've started the process of preserving it. It is my daily driver so I'm limited with how much I can tear it apart. In the meantime, I've wire brushed and sanded most of the interior rust and rattle-canned in some primer to prevent the growth of more rust. I've also replaced all of the rubber trim to eliminate the majority of the squeaks, bangs and wind noise while driving down the road. I've also cleaned up some of the exterior rust as well and recoated it with primer and some-what matching paint to make it a little less off an eye-sore.
I also replaced the door panels and will be spraying in the SEM liner this weekend (that is if my new air compressor can do the job properly--60 gal, 3.7 running horsepower, 155 max psi and 12/14 cfm 40/90 psi?). Once these tires are shot, I'll be lifting it 3.5" and putting bigger tires on it (I'll have to stick with the 15" rims for now until the next time around).
I'm new to ALL of this and am open for suggestions. Like I said, my intent is to preserve for now and 3-5 years down the road (when my finances are better) start the restoration process.
So, with all of that being said, I just wanted to introduce myself and warn you that I'll be pestering you all for quite some time come!
If you got this far, thanks for sticking it out!
I've been visiting your site for about 2 months now reading and researching and am starting to recognize a bunch of your usernames and figure you'll start recognizing mine in the months to follow!
I've always wanted a "classic" truck but finances never permitted it. However, I was able to convince my wife (she'll figure me out soon! LOL!) it was more cost effective to go this route than to keep making payments on a newer vehicle and watching that money go down the drain. Well, my wife bought me a '75 Bronco this summer while I was in Iraq! Actually, her dad picked it out for me after ensuring it was "sound" and a decent buy and had it shipped to NC for my homecoming. Not before replacing the floor pans and making a couple of cosmetic improvements due to rust/bullet holes and the like.
Well, I've started the process of preserving it. It is my daily driver so I'm limited with how much I can tear it apart. In the meantime, I've wire brushed and sanded most of the interior rust and rattle-canned in some primer to prevent the growth of more rust. I've also replaced all of the rubber trim to eliminate the majority of the squeaks, bangs and wind noise while driving down the road. I've also cleaned up some of the exterior rust as well and recoated it with primer and some-what matching paint to make it a little less off an eye-sore.
I also replaced the door panels and will be spraying in the SEM liner this weekend (that is if my new air compressor can do the job properly--60 gal, 3.7 running horsepower, 155 max psi and 12/14 cfm 40/90 psi?). Once these tires are shot, I'll be lifting it 3.5" and putting bigger tires on it (I'll have to stick with the 15" rims for now until the next time around).
I'm new to ALL of this and am open for suggestions. Like I said, my intent is to preserve for now and 3-5 years down the road (when my finances are better) start the restoration process.
So, with all of that being said, I just wanted to introduce myself and warn you that I'll be pestering you all for quite some time come!
If you got this far, thanks for sticking it out!
