Bronco Build

[PhL0aTeR]

So i have a bronco.... i had a deal to work on it at a buddies shop, but it looks like thats not happening before winter, so im at the point where i may want to drop it off somewhere, make the dude visualize what i want and pick it up when its done..... weak, i know, but id like to have it done before the snow hits up here.

This is what i have....

uncut 74 bronco ranger, stock drivetrain dropped, 351 EFI bolted in, not wired. Need it wired/fired, need aluminum radiator mounted, have new radiator/fan. have headers, need full exhaust, Plans for a 4r70w gearset swapped into AOD, already own the 4r70w, just need an AOD shell, tilt/power steering swap. Plans for 205 t case, already have the t case, just needed to twin stick it and find shifters. Quite Possibly needs frame cutting/notching to fit the bigger T case, also need both driveshafts. need floor pans replaced, have floor pans.

So basically i just need this thing rolling, drivetrain and floor panels.

Next will be power steering, lift, bumpers, roll cage, new tires/wheels cutting rear fenders (oh noeesss!!!) etc.

Anyone know what kind of price range i should be looking for to get it done right?

Engine in

[POS]

everything seems pretty straight forward besides the floor pans, thats the biggest part there, as far as labor goes.

your probbally looking at least a 80 hours of labor for the first list you talked about getting done. most shops charge at least 75 dollars and hour

[PhL0aTeR]

Originally Posted by POS

everything seems pretty straight forward besides the floor pans, thats the biggest part there, as far as labor goes.

your probbally looking at least a 80 hours of labor for the first list you talked about getting done. most shops charge at least 75 dollars and hour

actually the replacement panels make it fairly straightforward as well, cut out the old, weld in the new

just a little hole......



Thanks for the estimate.... now to see what Clint would do it for....

[POS]

Originally Posted by PhL0aTeR

actually the replacement panels make it fairly straightforward as well, cut out the old, weld in the new

just a little hole......



Thanks for the estimate.... now to see what Clint would do it for....

easy and straight forward yes, but still eats a bunch of time, Clint probally won't be charging ya that much and hour

[PhL0aTeR]

Originally Posted by POS

easy and straight forward yes, but still eats a bunch of time, Clint probally won't be charging ya that much and hour

werd.... that it does...

just in case anyone is interested....

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/bar/1361234292.html

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/mcy/1361047473.html

looking to trade for work done on an early bronco

here is what it needs....
floor pans replaced (have replacement floor panels)
351EFI is bolted in, needs to be wired/fired, hood clearance might be an issue, may need to look into a different intake, or a different hood.
Aluminum radiator/elec fan needs to be mounted/wired
4r70W internals swapped into AOD housing (already have the 4r70W)
205 T case needs to be twin sticked, and shifters bought/made. Also needs custom brace, and frame notched top fit T case. (already have the Tcase)
Full exhaust (already have the headers, might work, might not)
replacing random rubber things, suspension stuff

This is what i need for it to be streetable. Obviously if we traded straight up, id get the short end of the stick. therefore we can work a partial trade, or we can work out other things to do on my side to even it up.

I eventually want the interior rhino coated, im going to be purchasing a roll cage ill need installed, lifting, cutting rear fenders, etc.

Let me know what you are capable of, i dont want any jackasses who just bought a harbor freight welder hacking away at my rig.

[PhL0aTeR]

We replaced the front floor pans with aftermarket ebay finds, the rear floor was an afterthought, when we got to looking at it, it was rusted fairly bad.... bad enough to justify the price of a good floor from a parted out bronco. The new floor came with the wheel well welds, so we were able to air hammer the welds apart and weld seams just like factory for the sides, and we went ahead and used seam sealer on all of the new seams, front and rear, then rhino lined the welds and raw metal. Also cut out some new kick panels as they were nice and rusty....

I also went ahead and called BC broncos, got the complete tank kit with tank, sender, pump and skid plate, along with the manifold adapter for the 351.

[Clint]

Coming along man! glad to see ya making progress!

I changed your thread title to reflect whats going on!

[dezrik]

Is your front axle bent :O, Looks good I wish i had an early bronco

[PhL0aTeR]

Originally Posted by dezrik

Is your front axle bent :O,

not that i know of, does it look bent?

[dezrik]

It just looks bent from this picture maybe its the camera playing tricks on me

[POS]

that's typical EB stuff, they rust so bad the front axles start to sag











anyway, looks good man

[PhL0aTeR]

Originally Posted by POS

that's typical EB stuff, they rust so bad...

truth... everytime i think were done with obscure rust repair, i find some more.... woundt be so bad but it sat for 10 years with the windows busted out not being driven.....

[POS]

Originally Posted by PhL0aTeR

truth... everytime i think were done with obscure rust repair, i find some more.... woundt be so bad but it sat for 10 years with the windows busted out not being driven.....

It'd still be that bad, old rigs are like that though, pretty much doesn't matter what brand, early 70's your gonna be doing floors

[PhL0aTeR]

Originally Posted by POS

It'd still be that bad, old rigs are like that though, pretty much doesn't matter what brand, early 70's your gonna be doing floors

floors, yes, (i remember riveting a sheet of aluminum i found in the drivers floor... lol) but this is the same bronco i drove in high school and it wasnt near this bad... i offered my grandad 3k for it 10 years ago, bought it for 700 6 months ago.... lol

[PhL0aTeR]

a little photo update

[PhL0aTeR]

[PhL0aTeR]

MOAAARRRR!!!!!!!

OK, here is a few pics of some of the things we had been working on, or had worked on but hadnt posted pics yet ;D

First off..... something we found in the frame rail...... sorry lil buddy!!!




Some more rust repair




We did the popular 4x4x2 conversion on this steering box, then mounted it up. We mocked it up, welded DOM to the bottom of the frame for the bottom 2 bolts, then boxed that.





Then here is the brake booster bracket we have been working on (on and off) for the past couple weeks. We opted to offset it rather than angling it out.

[redrum]

Cool record player. Old school

[PhL0aTeR]

Originally Posted by redrum

Cool record player. Old school

arent all shop radios old school?

[POS]

looks like it's coming along good, think that's the first dead rodant pic in a build thread

[PhL0aTeR]

well, here is a picless update... just thought id hop on here and list the few things that we have tied up in the last few days

Finished bolting up transmission
Measured for temp driveshafts
Bolted up headers (the exhaust place is gonna hate me for where the pass collecter is)
Fabbed a T case shifter
Ran a serpentine belt for AC delete, which involved stealing a ribbed idler pulley from a 5.4
Filled engine with oil/new filter and cranked to lube everything as its been sitting for a while.
drew up some cage plans


We are waiting on some stuff coming from summit to finish up a couple things mainly my brakes and trans linkage, as well as a front end poly bushing kit.

Its getting closer, the main things on the to do list are finishing up the brake system, which needs calipers, rotors and a proportioning valve, the exhaust, which will be one of the last things done, as we are sourcing that out. Cage building, temp driveshafts need to be built, engine still needs some wiring to be complete, and i need to go through all my existing wiring as well.

[PhL0aTeR]

w00t!

[redrum]

I have the same bottle opener.

[PhL0aTeR]

Originally Posted by redrum

I have the same bottle opener.

that fawker will outlast me for sure... its funny that its beefier than most of their tools, yet the workload is a fraction....

[PhL0aTeR]

When i got my bronco this bad boy was faded, the glass was broken, and it had a red high beam indicator lens.... So i ordered new glass, painted the fascia as well as the needles, and replaced the red lens, I'll buy the guy a beer that guesses what i used to make the high beam indicator blue instead of red....

[PhL0aTeR]

guess nobody cares

lol

i spilled the beans on the bronco site RE: my blue indicator, so here ya go

[PhL0aTeR]

whuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut!!!!!! :-X

[PhL0aTeR]

We have basically been buttoning up details lately, vacuum lines, fuel lines, throttle cable, etc....

today since we hooked the throttle up, i was actually able to drive it around the block, before we were just idling it everywhere we needed to move it.... beats pushin... anywho, we encountered a bit of a trans problem that we are hoping a valve body swap will fix. Still needs exhaust, some other wires under the dash hooked up and tied up...

Tomorrow we should be starting on the cage, so we can put seat belts in, after that and the exhaust, technically it will pass state inspection and i can get it registered and start driving it around working on it as I go. its been at the shop for almost a year now!