Hoe-J, The Sleepy Bronco

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Waddup my dudes, I got pestered enough with sticker slaps to join the forum. figured I'd start with my new project

The First Real Project in the new shop is goin down!

The victim: 1 properly clapped out 1993 Bronco. Has the 5.8 backed up with the E40D trans.
Goal of the project: Reliable, comfortable, street friendly Cruiser. I need this to be as multi-purpose as possible. Duties include: Mexico Trips, Light Pre-running, Chase duties, and the occasional Broverlanding trips once I get back to planning those. It needs to be just as comfortable on the highway as it is on some tore up Mexican coast road.
Keeping the drivetrain relatively stock to help with reliability. I want to try to stick with 35" tires to keep the budget in check.
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Tear down has begun!

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Parts that I need to get rid of, ill post them in the classifieds later

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*IF ANYONE HAS A PLUG FOR FACTORY FRONT SEATS AND REAR BENCH WITH BRACKETS I WOULD MUCH APPRECIATE IT!*

Parts on order and planned work:
Ohhcho Fab 1.5" over Fully fabricated beams and front shock mounts/crossover. Cho says its good for 19" of travel.
Richer Racing Rear spring under kit. (19" travel)
Ambulance steering kit (no crossover yet)
Quick Performance Fabbed 9" rear, set 80 bearings.
3.0 coilover in front, 3.0 bypass in the rear
2.5" bump stops
new 1350 joint rear driveshaft.
throw a bunch of parts at the motor and trans to get it to hopefully survive a long time.
Make the interior a relatively nice place to sit.
 
I have gray XLT front seats with no sliders. Pretty good condition if your interested
 
Made some good progress this weekend!

Cleaned up the hubs and spindles, ready for assembly

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Got the old brackets stripped off the frame. Some jackwagon cut to top web so Im gonna need to fixt that up to move forward. Also have to reattach the mid body mounts, they got sliced off for god knows what reason.

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Ugg bronco frame undercoat. Glad their was someone else spending their weekend doing what I was doing.
 
So many good things happening!

Shocks and bumps showed up, Shoutout to Sunny at Downsouth motorsports for helping me avoid the ridiculous lead times.

Sick welded eyelets to maximize ground clearance. 3.hoes

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Can bumps go on the rear

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Eyelet bumps go on the front:

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3.hoes

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Autofab goodies to replace the clapped out motor/trans mounts and fresh steering components

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Lots of mechanic-ing

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Fixed the chopped frame (dont mind my welding, im a bit rusty)

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replaced the chopped off body mounts


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Spent assloads of time cleaning the frame


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Got the solo brackets on

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Got the new quick performance axle

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MORE TO COME!
 
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