My current bronco is a 1966 halfcab, I enjoy climbing in it and slamming the door twice to get it to latch, (door posts replaced by po and obviously wrong as completely out of adjustments ) ,jiggle the ignition key to free up start sequence, pull on new choke cable with 2 hands to set choke.....(in 1 week started binding ) fire the baby up,listen to the lifters pump up as the engine runs on gas and oil..( don't know where the oil goes, no apparent leaks, no smoke, plugs are tan, but will disappear in a week of driving) throw that sucker into reverse and hear all the slop in the adapter from the tranny to transfer case engage, gives you a warm feeling as my son and I head off to the hills for his deer hunt wondering if we are in for a long walk ..kicking wilson and wondering which one of us will survive......
Once out into the hills, first steep climb, have son hold transfer case into low range cause if he does'nt it will pop out, pretty funny watching him do the power switch when I need to shift in the middle of a climb.....
Now the good stuff.. wildhorses long travel lift, so sweet, detroit in front and posi in rear, mountain goat status, my sweet running quadrajet that took me 3 qjets to get right but man that thing just purrs out in the hills,
leather seats from the junk yard, power steering, and a wheelbase that will let you thru the steepest ditch crossings, my clutch fan from one of the threads on here, stays at 180 now, ...
just when I start hating this thing , something always happens to make me happy to own it....wife just shakes her head when I'm out at the garage fixing something I already fixed, or when I spot another bronco around town, its a sickness... future plans 302efi, full cab so I can take the whole fam damily out...new adapter shaft , locker in the rear, a expensive manual choke cable with a liner...and somehow fix those rotten ill closing doors, twin sticks, then maybe I'll let the wife drive it....maybe not
Once out into the hills, first steep climb, have son hold transfer case into low range cause if he does'nt it will pop out, pretty funny watching him do the power switch when I need to shift in the middle of a climb.....
Now the good stuff.. wildhorses long travel lift, so sweet, detroit in front and posi in rear, mountain goat status, my sweet running quadrajet that took me 3 qjets to get right but man that thing just purrs out in the hills,
leather seats from the junk yard, power steering, and a wheelbase that will let you thru the steepest ditch crossings, my clutch fan from one of the threads on here, stays at 180 now, ...
just when I start hating this thing , something always happens to make me happy to own it....wife just shakes her head when I'm out at the garage fixing something I already fixed, or when I spot another bronco around town, its a sickness... future plans 302efi, full cab so I can take the whole fam damily out...new adapter shaft , locker in the rear, a expensive manual choke cable with a liner...and somehow fix those rotten ill closing doors, twin sticks, then maybe I'll let the wife drive it....maybe not
