Bound4Dixie's 70 Build Up

[bound4dixie]

Welp, after all the procrastination and such. I bit the bullet and bought some new parts for the 70. Finally got a corner cleaned out in the shop to stick her and celebrated Labor Day Bronco Style. I worked most of Monday and only got into part of the teardown.

Sorry about some of the blurry pictures, I'm just gettin used to the new camera phone.

Here she is right after I pulled her in the shop.


Got both doors off and a lot of the rotted away weather stripping. Looks like I'm gonna be looking at some new floor pans in the future.



Pulled off the hood. A previous owner decided to put plenty of thick bondo on the front and cut the main support rib above the carburetor. I guess that intake and 4V was just a little too tall. Good thing is that I got another hood that should just need a little surface rust removal.

Used the chain hoist and some straps to remove the steel top. That wonderful 2" iron pipe roll cage in the bed just made the top removal a PITA.




I didn't take long before I got tired of continually pumping up the old worn out tires each time that I wanted to roll the bronco around in the shop. Luckily I had a near new (blue still on the white walls) tires that came on my 78 when I bought it. For some reason they just happened to be 33x9.50x15. Perfect!



They clear on concrete, but I don't think I'd chance it on much of a dip





I did find out that an old tobacco trailer, half dozen bales of hay, and some straps make a nice little hard top rig



And under that top I found my original color...I'm pretty sure it's boxwood green. I haven't check for a paint code yet, but it was the same color under the windshield hinge rubber. There are at least a couple more shades of green, red primer, blue, and silver chipping off from various parts of the body.



But, here she is so far. Hopefully I'll get some more done this weekend.



Parts in waiting currently:
3.5" Wild Horses Lift w/ new bushings all around
F250 Shock Towers
2" Body Lift w/ new body bushings
Front Disc Brake Conversion
Power Brake Conversion
Warn Hubs
Headers
Dual 40 Series Flowmasters

More to come when time and money allow...