What have you done to your Bronco today?

[BajaBronco]

Fixed some spots on the frame of the Stroppe Long Beach Lifeguard - finished some unfinished factory welds, and other small blems.

 

[76YETI]

Installed the Duff Tuff BL panel fillers for my 1" BL.

 

[Ol'Blue]

Installed the Duff Tuff BL panel fillers for my 1" BL. View attachment 930474

Those look great and on my list for sure!

 

[mustanggarage]

Those look great and on my list for sure!

That does look good I did the same with my 2 inch bl. I did have the rear piece welded and body worked in because it was before paint. But I think they make a huge difference. As an added bonus the rear panel makes an ideal place to mount a backup camera

 

[joshua]

Pretty proud of this classic body cart design. Ripped the plans off of this very sight of course.

I actually took my time building it. Which is unusual for me to do to something temporary. I even made it with over sized pneumatic tires for off road!

But I did and it turned out so great! Until I pushed it under the lift an came to the realization that the lift arms won’t clear the frame!

Just a bone head move. Well I’m going to bed, I’ll sort this out after work tomorrow

 

[OK75Bronco]

Finished my Hanson front bumper and installed my new 9.5XP Warn. I added a tube brush guard and had to redo a few of the welds on the bumper. Also finished my stereo install. The head unit is an Amazon China but it lets me use onX with a screen I can actually see. I added a Taramps amp under the dash. It’s 1500 watt 3 channel and it’s about the size of a Walkman. The front speakers are Kicker 4in and the rears are Pyle 4in. The pods the front ones are in are some I found on Amazon. Made in USA supposedly, Select Increments brand. Pretty cool little speaker pods. Still have to figure out something for bass. I have 60% of the metal to build a new body, as soon as I collect a few more pieces I’ll get started on welding it all together.

 

[tasker]

STARTING to clean up and repair the harness for my 73 that migs is rebuilding.....might have some questions!

 

[Shimmy]

@76YETI how much prep work did you have to do to these before paint? filler, sanding, etc

 

[1969]

Gave away my rusty top

 

[joshua]

It was definitely some sketchy antics… but it’s on there

 

[76YETI]

@76YETI how much prep work did you have to do to these before paint? filler, sanding, etc

I just cleaned them with duplicolor wax/grease remover and shot them with WHT gloss black. Very little prep. I did a little extra cutting to make the rear piece fit around my 25 gal tank and filed the edges...but the metal was pristine.

 

[daddycreswell]

Bought more parts for the guy that is working on it to install. Hoping he wraps it up this week, I miss seeing it in my garage.

 

[Soylent]

Pretty proud of this classic body cart design. Ripped the plans off of this very sight of course.

I actually took my time building it. Which is unusual for me to do to something temporary. I even made it with over sized pneumatic tires for off road!

But I did and it turned out so great! Until I pushed it under the lift an came to the realization that the lift arms won’t clear the frame!

Just a bone head move. Well I’m going to bed, I’ll sort this out after work tomorrow

Can you make the body posts taller?

 

[joshua]

Gave away my rusty top

View attachment 930551

What tire size you running?

Can you make the body posts taller?

Yes I could have. But I was out of 4x4s and was definitely over the situation. I just lowered it down onto jack stands and used the arms of the lift on the rockers to send it back up. I still had to remove a 4x4 to get it on. Shimming the frame with wood blocks.

I couldn’t get the pads on the rockers because the lifts posts are not far enough apart. So I put wood blocks on the arms. I did think about doing it this way first. But the rockers aren’t exactly solid.

 

[gnsteam]

I received some pictures from the body shop today. A few more pieces finished. The body should be in the paint booth today!

 

[Howard2x4x4]

I received some pictures from the body shop today. A few more pieces finished. The body should be in the paint booth today!

Tasty, very tasty!

 

[BajaBronco]

Finally a little time for MY Bronco! Tire rack has been off since November, and engine is transplanted from another member and friend. Was Efi and also had a bad cam. I had gotten as far as changing cam and getting it moving. Ended up messing with carb and changing acc pump cam out and it’s finally working to a level I’m happy with. So…naturally, a drive and tacos were in order.

 

[triracer67]

Threw on some clear coat and dog dish hubcaps.

 

[Howard2x4x4]

STARTING to clean up and repair the harness for my 73 that migs is rebuilding.....might have some questions!

Good luck! I'd do mine over if I could. Are you repairing or replacing? I replaced with AAW harness. I wish I had followed Bronkenn's advice re: laying out the new alongside the old.

 

[BajaBronco]

That is solid advice! It looks like big T was gonna fix his original? Thats what I do. I’ve also bought Dennis carpenter reproduction factory harnesses for a customer and they were nice! As long as wires aren’t crispy or insulation is not cracking, I like to repair the original wiring.