migs' build thread - A 1970 Bronco ...an ever evolving project

[migs]

next stop on the BONES garage tour?

this is the easy stuff! I think where I'm going to need the extra help is getting the transmission out of the doner and into this one.

 

[migs]

How tall? Who did you order from? Inquiring minds want to know! ;D

Wild Horses 3.5" springs

 

[migs]

so I didn't feel like pressing the old bushings out of the shackles....

 

[migs]

....so I went ahead and made some heavy duty new ones instead.;D

 

[tasker]

wow! purty! might be available sunday if you want some help?

 

[migs]

thanks, not sure if I'll have the time yet or not, but I do appreciate the offer either way.

 

[tasker]

pick another time, would love to give a hand (and grab a drill press)

 

[stupidboy]

Send me a set of those nice shackles you built please.

 

[dave67fd]

Wild Horses 3.5" springs

So what was the determining factor on WH?
Lovin those shackles. Quite a step up from the stock ones. I think you should just fab a new frame to go with them;D I might be lazy enough to not want to remove my bushings either

Keep on it.

 

[Crawdad]

2nd in line for a pair of those bad boys if you decide to sell a few sets! You can even tack weld them and I'll do the rest. Very nice work!

 

[fatboy]

Wild Horses 3.5" springs

Same set up I am going to run.

so I didn't feel like pressing the old bushings out of the shackles...

....so I went ahead and made some heavy duty new ones instead.;D

Keep making them! I will buy a set as well!

 

[SSDDBRONCO]

Re: migs' build thread - the good, the bad, and the ugly

Same set up I am going to run.



Keep making them! I will buy a set as well!

x2 i would buy one too

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[migs]

This one is the prototype, I was planning on makikng several sets after I knew how this one turned out.


Dave, I went with wild horses based on what i've read, heard and what I have seen. plus a great deal on putting together my own suspension package with the items that I needed for this rig, and their customer service was top notch!

 

[dave67fd]

Sounds like a good enough reason to me.
I was weighing between Duff's and WH. Some Duff's items are a fair amount more but haven't yet figured in the difference in shipping.

Thanks for being the guinea pig though;D

 

[migs]

picking away at it.
bead blasted and painted the spring mount hardware and muscled one spring in place. also will be making a some minor refinements to the shackles before I start producing them.

 

[Crawdad]

Don't forget to put ur name on them and number stamp each one so they will be worth thousands down the road! A pr of these would be a nice touch to my frame build. Can't wait!

 

[dave67fd]

they will be worth thousands down the road

What!!.. "B" you offer'n them in gold now?;D

Lookin Factory fresh. Keep at it bro.

 

[fatboy]

picking away at it.
bead blasted and painted the spring mount hardware and muscled one spring in place. also will be making a some minor refinements to the shackles before I start producing them.

Next time you are muscling, give me a yell and I will come help if I am able.

 

[migs]

Don't forget to put ur name on them and number stamp each one so they will be worth thousands down the road! A pr of these would be a nice touch to my frame build. Can't wait!

does that mean they are worth several hundreds right now;D;D or maybe I should only make the one set so they will be rare and worth much much more.

thanks for the compliments guys!

 

[migs]

I finished the redesigned shackle, it's still made from 1/4" steel like the first one but made it look and function a little better. I think this is what I will go with.