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5 years later... She's alive!
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Official CCB Member   Joined: Sat Aug 06, 2011 3:04 pm Posts: 64 Images: 0 Location: Fort Collins, CO 
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 5 years later... She's alive!This project started after I took my '72 with a carbureted 302 up to Pingree Park after the highpark fire. The elevation change caused bronco to run really rich, so when I got down the hill, I took the 302 out and sold it and got a 351 Windsor out of a 1993 F250. The engine builder took 9 weeks to rebuild the 5.8, and in the meantime I decided to sand blast the 'ol 72 body and I uncovered a mountain of rust issues. Then my wife and I had our second baby, and the progress slowed. After pulling metal splinters out of my little boy's feet too many times, I finally got the body work done and got her painted. Then I decided to go with a NV3550 instead of staying with the NP435. New wiring, explorer serp setup, mustang fuel injection, new dash, OTRATTW switches, Dakota Digital gauges, and then.... It starts up! This week I took the fam for the first ride in 5 years! Wo hoo!! Now I can't wait to meet up with some of you now that I own a working bronco again, and not just a bunch of totes of rusted pieces of a bronco. Here’s some before and after pics.
Hood 1.JPG iPhone 112012 341.JPG 20121108 iPhone 4 260.JPG WBody1.jpeg IMG_0522.JPG IMG_1054.JPG IMG_1144.JPG You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. _________________ 72 Bronco Sport, 5.8 EFI, NV3550 Last edited by Mitche11 on Sun Jan 14, 2018 2:33 pm, edited 3 times in total. |
| Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:55 pm |
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Official CCB Member  Joined: Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:49 pm Posts: 988 Location: Henderson, Co. Grand Lake, Co
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Re: 5 years later... She's alive! Looks great!
_________________ That guy John.... whatta Jerk. |
| Wed Dec 06, 2017 2:52 am |
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Official CCB Member  Joined: Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:36 pm Posts: 3980 Location: Roxborough Park, Colorado
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Re: 5 years later... She's alive! Congratulations !
_________________ 1977 Sport, 351w OBDII EFI motor, 4R70W auto, 4:88 gears, ARB lockers, 3.5" suspension, 33" tires. |
| Wed Dec 06, 2017 3:30 am |
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Official CCB Member  Joined: Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:03 pm Posts: 4371 Images: 0 Location: Parker, CO
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Re: 5 years later... She's alive! That’s cool!
_________________ Best to Date MPG: 26.6 |
| Wed Dec 06, 2017 5:44 am |
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Official CCB Member  Joined: Sun Aug 04, 2013 2:19 pm Posts: 375 Location: Hudson
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Re: 5 years later... She's alive! NICE !!!!
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| Wed Dec 06, 2017 5:55 am |
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Official CCB Member  Joined: Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:34 am Posts: 415 Location: Breckenridge and Franktown, CO
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Re: 5 years later... She's alive! Very cool
_________________ Go Hard or Go Home |
| Wed Dec 06, 2017 6:28 am |
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 Joined: Mon Nov 28, 2016 11:34 am Posts: 808
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Re: 5 years later... She's alive! Congratulations, nice work that's a great looking Bronco!
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| Wed Dec 06, 2017 8:15 am |
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Official CCB Member Joined: Sat Aug 06, 2011 3:04 pm Posts: 64 Images: 0 Location: Fort Collins, CO
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Re: 5 years later... She's alive! Thanks guys! It’s as though I just bought a new car after all this time. I’m looking forward to getting back to this community of EB owners/builders. Now if it could just be sunny and 70* again.
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| Wed Dec 06, 2017 8:13 pm |
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Official CCB Member  Joined: Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:16 am Posts: 3942 Location: Denver, Wash Park Area
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Re: 5 years later... She's alive! Looks great! Congrats, look forward to seeing it out.
_________________ 1976 Bronco "Green, Yellow, whatever", 1969 Bronco "Red", 1972 Bronco Stocker "Kind of Blue/Grayish" |
| Thu Dec 07, 2017 8:40 am |
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Official CCB Member  Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:36 am Posts: 5984 Location: California
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Re: 5 years later... She's alive! Congrats! That bronco creep is something ain't it? The "While I'm at it..." syndrome! So 5yrs ain't bad in the scheme of life!
Great looking ride! _________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org |
| Thu Dec 07, 2017 4:24 pm |
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Official CCB Member Joined: Sat Aug 06, 2011 3:04 pm Posts: 64 Images: 0 Location: Fort Collins, CO
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Re: 5 years later... She's alive! I love the term “bronco creep”. That’s exactly what it is. While it’s out, lets replace this and that. Now I’m being reminded about which parts aren’t new because the starter, back-up bulbs have gone out in the first 75 miles of it being back together; and now the heater core is leaking. Maybe there’s something to bronco creep that I should be thankful for... Just wish i hadn’t bought a new heater core while I had it all apart. Oh well... that’s why these things are never really “finished”, right?
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk _________________ 72 Bronco Sport, 5.8 EFI, NV3550 |
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