69 Bronco Build

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

Here is a couple of pics of the bronco itself

The grill and fenders are inside the truck
Most of the truck is in "pretty" good shape, the back fenders are shot to hell though.

Plans are for a full frame build. I have some parts floating around that I have bought recently. uni-balls for the control arms, 3/8" valves, a switchbox, and bought some 22's for the build about a month ago

boyd coddington 22's with michelin sport z rated tires, got them off craigslist

This is my parts truck that I got from a guy in the kenwood area

it's a 2000 ranger with under 60k miles on the motor
I'm using the motor, tranny, wiring and some other small stuff off the truck
It's only a 2.5L but i'm not going for speed, just want something reliable and the deal was too good to pass up

I pulled the motor yesterday, and 80% of the truck is stripped right now. I'll post more pics tomorrow when I get my camera cord from work

here is a pic of the rough frame I have drawn up in cad

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:15 am

werd

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

xxxxcjxxxx wrote:

werd

bd'd bronco on 22's should rep acro pretty nice Wink

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cornfieldcustoms wrote:

looking pretty good man. if you need to use a frame jig, tubing bender, or tig anything up just let me know, your more than welcome to come over and use it. plus i am a little closer than last time you came out lol

I'm actually going to build my own frame table. Nothing too fancy just 2x4's and plywood, hopefully will start on that next weekend actually

I built my own tubing bender, from the got trikes plans so I am covered there. Where are you at these days?

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:19 am

msturg wrote:

bd'd bronco on 22's should rep acro pretty nice Wink

true

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:28 am

should be sik man, keep us updated!

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

cornfieldcustoms wrote:

in town batavia it is about 15-25 minutes less of a drive than the old shop depending on traffic

cool man, not sure how far it is from me these days, probably not too bad since I could shoot straight over on 50. (I live in the western hills area now)

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Dragginbody wrote:

should be sik man, keep us updated!

I hope to have close to weekly updates, I hope to make a lot of progress quickly. My goal is to have rolling chassis at layd out, and have hopefully a running truck at RA, not finished but running and driveable

shoot high, that way when I don't meet my goals at least I still have a lot done, lol

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:40 am

Not big on putting a 4 cylinder into something that originally had a v8, but it'll be cool none the less!

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ZMan wrote:

Not big on putting a 4 cylinder into something that originally had a v8, but it'll be cool none the less!

yeah, plenty of people have given me hell for it. If it makes you feel any better I got it with no motor in it

Forever Static Joined: Dec 21, 2008 Posts: 303

Cool project.

When you say CAD, what program exactly? I know Autodesk pretty well, and have tried Solidworks, but didn't get very far.

There are perks to a 4 banger.

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:40 am

what are you doing with the rest of the ranger when u take what u want off it?

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 1717

bon fire just so you can't have it.... j/j

now that loks like some fun. I say screw that and get a t-bird super coupe and put motor tranny,a dn IRS under there.

now if only i knew where there was one cheep..

hmmmm

what do you know here it is
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Parts-Accessories_Salvage-Parts-Cars__Ford-thunderbird-supercoupe-supercharged-5-speed-1990_W0QQitemZ170288312086QQddnZPartsQ20Q26Q20AccessoriesQQadiZ7582QQddiZ2811QQadnZSalvageQ20PartsQ20CarsQQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item170288312086&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=72%3A543|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

THE ONLY reason i would own a ford again (other than my wifes, car, but that's her's) is if this motor was in it

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:37 am

i thought the bronco was on the DL till it was done? lol. i got your voicemail but i think it might be to late to call you back, so ill call you in the afternoon monday.

Forever Static Joined: Dec 10, 2008 Posts: 244

no pictures of the stickers...wtf? those are the coolest part of the bronco (and explorer)

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Dragginbody wrote:

what are you doing with the rest of the ranger when u take what u want off it?

I'm working on that right now

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slammedxonair wrote:

i thought the bronco was on the DL till it was done? lol. i got your voicemail but i think it might be to late to call you back, so ill call you in the afternoon monday.

I was keeping it on the DL but I want to use a build thread as motivation hopefully to keep up progress. You can give me a call today if you want as well, I'm at work but can take calls 95% of the time

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

cesare wrote:

Cool project.

When you say CAD, what program exactly? I know Autodesk pretty well, and have tried Solidworks, but didn't get very far.

There are perks to a 4 banger.

I'm using autocad 2002 at work, but all the years after 2000 are pretty much the same. If I remember correctly autodesk is very similiar and lets you use the same 3d functions.

I've tried solidworks, UG, some other programs for 3D modeling and they are superior to autocad but I'm so use to doing it in autocad it is hard for me to learn it. We have UG at work, but I only look at fixtures and other hardware on it, never model anything

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 17, 2008 Posts: 1290

gonna be sick man. glad your posting the progress too that way i didn't have to be constantly trying to pry you for info on it Smile

haha

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:29 pm

geez...nice find squeek although its a little too late for that...besides, it was mentioned a long time ago by a certain someone...

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 1717

ah at least some one agrees with me!

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

Here are pics of the bender I built from the got trikes plans. I only have a 1 1/4" die for now

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2.5 liters of fury

Wiring from under the hood, labeled and documented

Empty engine bay Saturday night Smile

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

Couple of shop pics

And a nice surprise sunday morning, the medium sized puddle of tranny fluid from saturday migrated overnight. Good thing I brought a 25lb bag of "special kitty" with me, lol

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

belltech 2" toyota drop spindles

I have new rotors and bearings at the shop, also got a set of calipers and hubs from the junkyard

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here is a photoshop a friend of travis's did, nothing great but you get the idea

for some reason the guy did it at ride height, lol. Apparently didn't understand the bodydropped concept too well. I was also running coy wheels at the time

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

ups man brought me some presents tonight during dinner

is that a red ryder bb gun?

nope, mustang II rack and pinion

also got some stainless thru frame brake fitting

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:36 am

sweet...not as cool as a geo rack but still..

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:10 am

that tubing bender is sweet,i got a old snow plow set-up im gonna try and build into something like that

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 17, 2008 Posts: 1784

hook a brother up with tho plans.. Smile

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:57 am

share with all the brothers haha...
looks good man!

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:12 am

yes def. looks good can't wait to see it finished

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

I'd share the plans guys but it doesn't cost much to buy them, $18, and the guy is really helpful if you have any questions.

Just check out www.gottrikes.com for the plans. I think I have right at 300 wrapped up in the bender including the die from pro-tools.

I also bought this from him:

simply because I didn't want to find a machine shop and pay them to do it. I did everything else with a drill press

Forever Static Joined: Jan 06, 2009 Posts: 213

What r u doin with the front clip on that parts truck?

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

actually I just talked to a guy at work today who might be interested. If he isn't I'll let you know

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:49 pm

Gonna be sweet! Glad you are doing a progress thread, I have been itching to see what you were going to build next...let me know if you need help one weekend, your only a couple hours drive away, maybe I could learn a thing or two Smile

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

Got some more work done last night. Took the dash out, stripped all of the wires out of it. Removed the rest of the fuel lines under the truck. Everything is hanging on the walls now til I get to needing them again, they are definitely going to have some dust when I get them down, lol

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 1717

the dash going in there too?

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 09, 2008 Posts: 629

what suspension you plan on running u front?

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

Dash is not going in the bronco, I just wanted all of the wires out of it

I'm going to build my own control arms, and front clip. I'm using the 2" toyota drop spindels pictured up above, and uni-balls from hm-engineering

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:31 am

really looking forward to this build....

not looking forward to being stuck behind you when your trying to get up to speed on an onramp.

my 2.5 ranger is slow enough with 15"s and in a mini

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:36 am

its ok...he'll be flooring it trying to keep up with me Smile

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 1717

maybe he'll twin turbo it....

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:49 am

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:51 am

my 2.2 5 speed is more than enough power for daily draggin for me.

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

Same motor I had in my old ranger with 18's. As long as you have a manual you shouldn't have any trouble getting it up to speed. Don't get me wrong it won't throw you in the seat by any means, but just have to plan ahead with the speed, lol

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:56 pm

FireCrotch wrote:

really looking forward to this build....

not looking forward to being stuck behind you when your trying to get up to speed on an onramp.

my 2.5 ranger is slow enough with 15"s and in a mini

well it'll be faster than the truck the engine is coming out of, EBs aren't all that big and theres not much to them.

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

got the "frame" table built saturday

hard to tell from the pics really, but it is 6ft x 12ft

shot of the fuel cell I got from craigslist a while ago

I worked tuesday as well on some stuff. Put new bearings and wheel studs in the hubs, also bolted them onto the spindles

Also put the sending unit from the ranger gas tank onto the fuel cell

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:05 am

thats a hell of a parts truck lol but i like the direction your going it is definatly something different and i like it

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:12 am

just think when the truck is done you can have one hellava beer pong table!

haha get some more pics up!

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:53 am

Dragginbody wrote:

just think when the truck is done you can have one hellava beer pong table!

haha get some more pics up!

man i glad im not the only one who thought that

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

who needs a tape measure, when you have a cmm machine? lol

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made the frame section to hold the fuel cell saturday

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Sunday I made my notches. One thing I really love about having a gigantic wood table to work on is I can easily make a "jig" by just screwing 2x4's into the top

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Notched the bottom of the notch to fit the 2x3 and smoothed the notches

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And some pics from when I was messing with the new camera while I was at the shop

metal:

and the shop:

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:55 pm

lookin good

nice welds for sure

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

Cut all the fish plates last night, still need to add the ones to the inside and cut the main rails and plate them

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:26 am

looking good mike. Does the rear quarters on the bronco come up higher then the rest of the rockers? Or is some of your frame going to be showing behind the rear wheels

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:40 am

holy jesus thats a big notch! are you running 26" rims on the rear? lol

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 4:22 am

lookin good...its nice to have access to things like a CMM isnt it...

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FireCrotch wrote:

looking good mike. Does the rear quarters on the bronco come up higher then the rest of the rockers? Or is some of your frame going to be showing behind the rear wheels

no, you won't be able to see the frame really at all. The rear section just barely cuves up at the very end

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menace wrote:

holy jesus thats a big notch! are you running 26" rims on the rear? lol

22's with a 28" tall tire. I think it just looks huge because of the steep angle

Having a cmm machine really makes getting accurate measurements nice and simple

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

Friday's progress was nothing much, just got the rails attached to the notches

Today's progress, I got a lot more done. Plated the rails to the notches. Lined up the rails to the fuel cell frame section. Squared and level everything then fully welded it in. Also built the frame section where the upper control arms will mount

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:41 am

nice nice.

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:20 am

sickk... cant wait to see more and more.

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:23 pm

nice..think im gonna steal your idea for the upper mounts. Smile

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

Thanks guys

FireCrotch wrote:

nice..think im gonna steal your idea for the upper mounts. Smile

what are you working on now that you are making your own front suspension?

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:00 pm

msturg wrote:

Thanks guys

FireCrotch wrote:

nice..think im gonna steal your idea for the upper mounts. Smile

what are you working on now that you are making your own front suspension?

pictures this week

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:01 pm

and how tall is that notch? i thought it was just the angle, but dam that looks high

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

bottom of the notch is just over 17"

Forever Static Joined: Jan 06, 2009 Posts: 213

any word on the front clip? still got it ? wanna sell it? i found a few yards that have them. but figure i would ask before

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

you want the body panels right? those are sold

if you actually want the frame clip I have another one at my house actually if you are interested

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:13 am

does your donor truck have solid rear glass? And I could use that front bumper if its in good shape, mine is all dented up...let me know

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

it's a slider, and the bumper is sold already

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msturg wrote:

you want the body panels right? those are sold

if you actually want the frame clip I have another one at my house actually if you are interested

the body panels is really what i was looking for, but since those are sold what about the rad support? im looking to do a NBS front end on my 94.

the frame front clip i could also be interested in though.....

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

are you talking about the core support? what the headlights actually bolt to? or the panel that is welded in behind it?

The guy that is buying the front end pieces needs the core support as well

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:48 am

looking to get rid of some of the interior...i need kick and door panels

Forever Static Joined: Jan 27, 2009 Posts: 91

got a question for ya on you bronco since you not using the same motor i was wondering if you had the wiring for the selinoid,alternator,and voltage regulator laying around and if so would you like to get rid of it .

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

I'm honestly not 100% on those, I know the truck has some wiring in it, but a good deal of the motor wiring was taken from the bronco before I even got it. I can look though, and try to take some pics. If I have the stuff I'll let you know.

Forever Static Joined: Jan 27, 2009 Posts: 91

sounds good id apreciate it lol i need it bad lol

Forever Static Joined: Jan 27, 2009 Posts: 91

never mind about that harness i found one and got it all wired up today but i appreciate it anyway

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Upper control arm mounts, sleeved the thru bolt holes

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:28 am

purty

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 09, 2008 Posts: 629

nice work good craftsmanship..

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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:38 am

Damnn dude im excited to see her done

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:27 am

Im confused, what are the pieces of angle bolted to the frame for? you said upper control arm mounts, but why couldnt you just weld the mounts to the frame directly?

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:59 am

looking sick mike! My engine mounts are pretty simular i built a while ago. DO you Plan on sectioning that oil pan at all? GOD Dam thats close, i nice rock would really fuck your day up

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:54 am

damn man, that thing is nice...

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

I haven't looked into sectioning the oil pan, it is a thought though. Are they even steel? I haven't looked yet

The angle is bolted rather than welded so that it allows me to adjust for bumpsteer, camber, and to some degree castor. The control arms themselves will not be adjustable.

Thanks for the compliments as well guys

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:33 am

cast aluminum, but u can probably use one from an earlier ranger. Or just build a bar to protect it

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

there will be a 1 1/4" bar holding the rack and pinion, perhaps I will consider plating the bottom of the frame there leaving a space for the drain plug

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 1717

looks oh so nice!

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:35 pm

msturg wrote:

The angle is bolted rather than welded so that it allows me to adjust for bumpsteer, camber, and to some degree castor. The control arms themselves will not be adjustable.

I might be reading this wrong but how will you adjust it with bolts going through the angle iron at two different angles?

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

the holes in the angle are slotted so that it can move towards the wheel and up, so that I can move it up and out like you are supposed to typically, not just in one direction

Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:46 am

got pics of them slotted?

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

I have a little bit better pics of them at home on the camera, you can kind of see it in this pic

I drilled two holes .300 center to center and opened them up slowly by stepping up the drill sizes. By the time I got to the final drill size I of course really couldn't drill it any more because it would just slip off the part so I did the best I could and then came back with a die grinder and smoothed them out.

The slots only allow about .250 movement up and out, which will be plenty, I'm hoping I don't need to adjust it at all depending on how well I designed it and follow the design during build

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 09, 2008 Posts: 629

do you think you can tighten them down tight enough so the plate won't slip after you align them just right?

Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:30 pm

badass. keep it up