Spaggyroe's scratch built early Bronco build.

[spaggyroe]

uh...

I think I screwed up...

My next door neighbor has had this POS old broke down motorhome parked next to the street, close to our property line. Cats have been living it it, there's mold and trash inside, etc. Its NASTY. My neighbor is an elderly woman, she asked me to help her get rid of the motorhome. She didn't want...

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Anyways, the Bronco looks great! No better way to do it. I'm shocked that the frame and axles were in such good shape when the rest was so roached...

What was left of the body actually didnt have that much rust. It had been wrecked (probably rolled). The frame was straight but had a bunch of booger welded garbage going on that was added along with that sweet roll cage. The frame had to have a lot of grinding / cleanup. The frame horns weren’t great. I got them straightened out enough for me. The front axle is a D44 from a later year early bronco. This is a 69 and originally had a D30.

 

[spaggyroe]

Oh, and the axles were pretty rusty / crusty. I spent a few hours on each with a wire brush mounted in my angle grinder.

 

[SnwMnkys]

Soooo... Back in the good ol days of 2019, I decided that I wanted to get back into an Early Bronco. It has been a long time since I've owned one and was shocked to find what a rusted out heap was going for these days. After looking at several that were mostly transparent, but still expensive, I decided to go for broke (literally) and just build one.

I came across a good deal on this wreck, but hey... it had a frame, a title, a 9" rear, a D44 front, a few other usable parts, and the price was right.

Yes, I actually paid genuine U.S. pesos for this....

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The way it sits here it almost looks like a caricature from the animated film cars.
Killer build. My EB is a 69 as well. Amazing how much crap you have to pump into them just to make them somewhat modern. Let alone fight rust issues.

 

[spaggyroe]

Today I finished installing the new front accessory drive. This is specific for putting a coyote in an E.B. and includes a sanden AC compressor, 200 amp powermaster 4g alternator, and an explorer power steering pump along with belts and tensioners. The coyote engine didn’t have a power steering pump from the factory. I also had to delete the factory oil cooler as it won’t clear the narrow early bronco frame.

 

[Kiel]

I'm digging this, nice work

 

[mbryson]

updates? ??? ??? ???????? ??????????

 

[spaggyroe]

Some updates..

Stainless exhaust and Magnaflow showed up. No headers yet. Also, Ron Davis radiator.

 

[spaggyroe]

I got my air intake too

Dominic Toretto would be proud. 😉

 

[spaggyroe]

I also got the trans fitting kit so I can now use generic -6 lines on the 6R80

 

[spaggyroe]

Other than that, I’ve been spending some time on body work. Smoothing out/ filling minor things like spot weld divots, etc.

 

[UNSTUCK]

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Today I finished installing the new front accessory drive. This is specific for putting a coyote in an E.B. and includes a sanden AC compressor, 200 amp powermaster 4g alternator, and an explorer power steering pump along with belts and tensioners. The coyote engine didn’t have a power steering pump from the factory. I also had to delete the factory oil cooler as it won’t clear the narrow early bronco frame.

Your alternator is on backwards. That's going to cause it to pull power instead of making power.

 

[spaggyroe]

Your alternator is on backwards. That's going to cause it to pull power instead of making power.

It's definitely a weird setup.. but all part of jamming 10 lbs of crap in a 5 lb bag.

 

[ID Bronco]

A guy in a Coyote Mustang blew past me yesterday, he was really moving and I thought of how cool this is going to be..............................then ironically I saw the same guy at Autozone with the hood up.

Great choice on everything.

 

[N-Smooth]

It's definitely a weird setup.. but all part of jamming 10 lbs of crap in a 5 lb bag.

I've seen this done on buggies and I think it's cool. Love the build and anybody that doesn't can fight me lol

A guy in a Coyote Mustang blew past me yesterday, he was really moving and I thought of how cool this is going to be..............................then ironically I saw the same guy at Autozone with the hood up.

Great choice on everything.

They were probably installing fancy lights or something. I ran into a crowd of mustangs at the Rio Tinto light show thing last weekend and they all had rainbow headlights that did patterns and stuff. It was weird and I was confused. I'm out of touch with what's cool though...

 

[UNSTUCK]

I'm not so sure you were the one that was out of touch.

 

[spaggyroe]

This thing is going to be wicked! What are the finishing plans? Will the exterior look stock/original or modernized?

Aesthetically, it’ll look pretty stock except on 35’s and with method wheels. It’ll probably get painted back to the original “reef aqua” shade of blue. If not Reef, it’ll be another OE bronco color. I’m adding the chrome trim that the sport package would have had. White hard top. Stock chrome bumpers, stock door handles, stock radio antenna, etc. The fender badging will have the bronco sport script, as well as the stock 302 badge (which I guess is still technically correct). It will have some more modern headlights, probably the JW Speaker brand.

 

[spaggyroe]

Here’s the wheels. 17” method “the standard”. I don’t have tires yet.

 

[spaggyroe]

This showed up today. It’s a replica of a Shelby wheel, but with the bronco insignia in the center of the horn.

 

[spaggyroe]

Here’s a pic showing the fender emblems.

 

[spaggyroe]

I did get a little time in the garage today, and mounted the radiator and the vintage air AC condenser.