migs Bronco Barn - a chronicle of what's happening at the new place

[bronco1017]

Damn fine work MiG’s.

 

[tasker]

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Damn fine work MiG’s.

Looks better in person!

 

[migs]

Thanks, but couldn’t look any worse that when we started.


Might be a little delay as I have the front of my daily driver exploded all over the floor at the moment….

 

[Yeller]

Good luck with the daily. I'm sure glad I don't live where the metal termites are king, some of that is rough looking.

 

[tasker]

Thanks, but couldn’t look any worse that when we started.




WAIT? WHUT???

 

[migs]

Good luck with the daily. I'm sure glad I don't live where the metal termites are king, some of that is rough looking.

Thanks. Been trying to convince the family we should move south…

And the fact that I have to make custom patch pieces for a 2011 expedition must mean it’s a classic now….right??

 

[broncokak]

Looking good. I thought you were keeping it green though?

 

[Slednut10]

And the fact that I have to make custom patch pieces for a 2011 expedition must mean it’s a RELIC now….right??

Fixed it for ya…….

 

[migs]

Some updates... got the "RELIC" back together with a bunch of new parts, hopefully maybe last me a couple more years before rusting out again

 

[migs]

And then back to some more fiberglass work. I sanded down those previous spots I had glassed up a while back and prepped a few more spots to do. discovered a stress crack under the windshield frame area on the upper passenger side hinge post.

 

[migs]

Added some more sticky itchy cloth, and also bolted the hood back up. Those slick push button hoop pin latches work well but I discovered that the hood will need some form of bumpers to apply slight upward tension on them. otherwise the hood will rattle from the slop up and down and the buttons are difficult to push and don't work as they should, they need that opposite tension against them to function properly.

 

[tasker]

WON'T BE LONG NOW!

 

[svastano]

Looks great so far!

 

[migs]

Looks great so far!

Thanks, your build thread was helpful for ideas and inspiration on working with the old glass tub. I was even tempted at one point to fuse the fenders and door inserts to the tub.

Started sanding the body, less lime more lemon.... Less mellow more yellow? Well, the curtain wall and exhaust fan in the door is working great, even with blasting the dust all over the place in there with the air gun, don't even have to cover the nice stuff on the other side.

 

[tasker]

OMG!!!! i need to go lay down now....

 

[migs]

Started fitting the door inserts. Not perfect, but not too bad considering the not so great tub dimensions and a good bit of warpage in the rocker. Always fun fitting aftermarket parts to really old aftermarket parts

 

[904Bronco]

Started fitting the door inserts. Not perfect, but not too bad considering the not so great tub dimensions and a good bit of warpage in the rocker. Always fun fitting aftermarket parts to really old aftermarket parts

Never a dull moment...

Nice work Migs...

 

[tasker]

Started fitting the door inserts. Not perfect, but not too bad considering the not so great tub dimensions and a good bit of warpage in the rocker. Always fun fitting aftermarket parts to really old aftermarket parts

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Way tighter than it was ever before! Looking great buddy!!

 

[migs]

Thanks. Big milestone today, all the body panels are now fitted and final mounted....and way more solidly than I ever thought they would be considering what we're dealing with. First I adjusted the fenders a little and bolted the grill on. Then went back to sanding the remaining green off the tub. After blowing ten pounds of dust away I worked on fitting and mounting the passenger side door insert, this side fit a bit better than the drivers side. I did go back to the driver's side insert and reworked it a bit more to get it to fit a little better. Once those were in I test fit the inner insert panel pieces... not too bad, a little massaging and reworking and they'll mount up nicely.

So that's it for today's escapades, time to start on the bodywork next. But for now here's a whole bunch of pictures

 

[migs]

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