New to Classic Bronco world

[Nowik35]

So this spring I saw a restored classic bronco and fell in love on how it looked. new nothing about these but decided i needed one. next thing I know I have a 69 rust bucket sitting in my driveway. I bought one without thinking much about it. Anyways I am doing a full frame off restoration and I decided I want to stick to pure original. It has the original 170 inline 6 with a 3 on the tree, but I noticed not many if any people actually put in the time and effort to restore these original engine? Am I in the wrong by wanting to restore the original engine or should I start looking for a 302 now? I am keeping the original drum brakes through out, Dana 20, ford 9 in the back, and Dana 30 in the front. Holy crap SO MUCH RUST EVERYWHERE. Many times I questioned my self if I am over my head, but the motivation is still strong. Would love to hear some words of encouragement to keep going. The frame is complete I have about 50 hours of welding,grinding, and painting all into it. Now onto the axles.

 

[NGABronco]

Welcome to the board!!! Most of us were new at some time!!! Great place to get help, answers, parts & etc!!! Good luck!!!;D;D;D

 

[SteveL]

Unless you're just gonna drive it to shows once in a while it won't take long to realize why most swap to a 302 or 351. Then you want better brakes and power steering. It never ends. Welcome aboard

 

[sanndmann3]

Yes, welcome aboard! We all love to look at pics, so post some up if you want to share. Becoming a contributor is one way to post pics...

You keeping it on pavement or going to run trails with it too?

 

[Remos69]

Welcome to the money pit! A bronco is better than a house whereas you do get a lot of enjoyment in-between major upgrades and modifications, but is just like a Haul n Grunt tv (HGTV) or Velocity show where any upgrade, minor or major, does take more than an hour! Enjoy your new second job, second wife/girlfriend/mistress! I would have it no other way.

 

[langester]

Welcome aboard! I am just finishing up (hopefully) with a giant rusted out mess myself. All I can say is don't get discouraged when progress is slow. It may take you longer than you think to finish the project. Hang in there and Good Luck to you!
Post up some pics too, we love pictures!

Have a good one!

 

[sprdv1]

Awesome.. Welcome Welcome.. You can do what you can do and what's left you cover the next time you work on it.

Make it your own. LUBR I feel is in your future

Share some Pics

 

[sprdv1]

http://classicbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34373

 

[Tugross302]

Welcome to the sickness. Start looking at all the build threads on here and you’ll see that a lot of people started with rust buckets and transformed them into pieces of art. Good luck. You can do this

 

[Nowik35]

So funny, I have used all this excuses already with my wife.... one more minute, I'm finishing up, I promise no Bronco this weekend...(those are the hardest weekends) I have to say my wife was a supporter of the project but now i think she is jealous of it. Still working on the right bronco/ family balance but man it's addicting. Here is a picture of day it came home. I'll try too add progress.

 

[Nowik35]

So I figured out how to add pictures in my garage. Please go to my profile/ garage to see some pictures of the correct update.

 

[sprdv1]

lol, got to keep the wife happy too right

 

[PickleJar]

Welcome and good luck. Looks like you have a good start, you got the tub off so your farther than me and I started in December. I believe they all can be saved, it’s just time and money man. Keep it up, can’t wait to see the finished product.

 

[Cortez]

Yeah I used to go into the garage after the wife and kid went to sleep so I didn’t take away family time. But as I type this it sounds like I have an obsession... my wife is used to it now. I tell her it could be worse...at least it’s only the Bronco sites I’m surfing.