Ms Piggy. Black and Blue!

[Bronco Biff]

How did line-x day go?

[broncosbybart]

They did it yesterday and I picked it up today! Paint work is coming to completion. Wahoo- now time to ASSemble! I'm sure I'll come across some stuff I forgot to do in the planning process...

Man, the paint color shows up weird in the pics. And yes William, my goal is to have her going before/by the Super Cel. Guess it is a race between this and Matt's build- though he might be done already!

[snipes243]

Who did the line-x

[Crawdad]

Looks great Charles!!!!

[broncosbybart]

Thanks! Line-X of Rock Hill did the work. Good folks there.

Update time- slow going!!

Got the probably copyright infringed Bronco logo clutch and brake pedal pads glued in place. Gas pedal is in and fully installed too.

Now I'm onto the dash assembly and wiring harness. While the work isn't hard, it is very time consuming. The Centech harness is pretty much worthless with all the changes that need to be made to it. I've stripped about half of the wiring out of it and have to add circuits for the switches and gauges. It'll take a few more days for sure. Time is my biggest factor as the goal is the super cel- which is rapidly approaching!

Had a couple Do'h moments too. First one was that apparently I forgot to drill the holes for the relocated glove box hinges. This also meant that I didn't fill the old ones. Oops. What's a few extra holes?

Next was that apparently I did not have the defrost duct in place when I modified the dash. One of the heater controls and the rocker switches were right in the way. I was able to cut and modify the placement for the switches and had to switch a couple of the heater control cables around.

The speakers were next. I used some treated plywood as a spacer so that the cone in the middle didn't contact the dash. After getting it cut into shape, I used spray adhesive and an old t-shirt to wrap it and make it all pretty.

[broncosbybart]

Next thing to do was to install the dash. Having to mess around with the heater wires and ductwork, dash knobs, and misc wiring all at the same time isn't a whole lot of fun. After a few attempts, it came together. I had a new later style (68 and up) dash pad to put on. What a piece of crap! I didn't fit well at all and one of the ends split while trying to coerce it into place. No holes were lined up and the pilot dimples they put in it to mark where the screws should go didn't exactly line up with the holes in the dash. It took a lot longer than it should have to get it installed. With that done, it was time to work on the windshield frame.


Got the windshield in, the soft top riser installed, the windshield wiper assy bolted down, and the antenna on. The windshield frame assembly must have gained 100 lbs with all that stuff! Sharon had to help me get it set in place and bolted down. The billet knobs from NicksTrix don't exactly match, but they are going to stay!

Now it is time for more wiring. My hands are not happy right now with the cold weather and days of stripping, splicing, twisting, and soldering a metric ton of wire. The wiper assembly was a great spot to mount an LED for a dome light. I plan to put some more of these lights in the back of the truck too. PAGING CHUZIE- wiring help needed in bay 1!

[snipes243]

Looks good Charles

[chuzie]

LMAO!

Misery loves company eh?

   

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[ParadisePWoffrD]

wonder if something like this: http://riptech.net/cgi-bin/ps.cgi?ACTION...2433765887, would work for an EB. Really cleanup the look.

[snipes243]

wonder if something like this: http://riptech.net/cgi-bin/ps.cgi?ACTION...2433765887, would work for an EB. Really cleanup the look.

Someone at one time was making something like that, but I cant remember who