69 Ford Bronco build

[jdbronco70]

Hello i want to start my build thread here but cant figure out a name for it so that will come later. My plans for the build are to make a nice Daily Driver/off road vehicle. I all ready use it as a DD but only drive it about 10 miles a day. I do not have a lot of extra money so i plan on building it with extra parts i have or with things i make.

as for the bronco my parents bought it when i was 13 as a project for me and my dad to work on and it was to be my first vehicle. but things changed and it was booted, and sat outside for 6 and a half years. i am now 20 and i sold my focus (32 Mpg) to fix up the bronco (12 MPG) silly thing to do but my love for old fords betters my urge for better gas mileage lol.

Specs-
1969 ford bronco half cab
57,730 miles on the original 302
three on the tree converted to a floor shifter
235/75/R15 street tires
stock suspension, old cracked rubber bushings
body is in decent shape but has rust (used hockey pucks for body mounts lol)
frame is ok a few spots were i am going to have to put some new metal in
interior is ok need to put a back seat in it, the gas gauge, speedo, and oil pressure gauges are the only ones that work

Plans-
to restore it to a great looking but used off road vehicle when my wallet allows it

Pics first is when i was brought home 6 years ago and then the rest is clean up and peppering it for the road.




sorry for the pic quality it will get better

also if you guys think of a name feel free to post, also any cheap or free upgrades you think of let me know all help is appreciated

THE ROAD SO FAR
Parts and total build cost
sold focus +700 dollars
Brakes Front and Rear, New rubber lines, shoes, wheel cyclinders, spring kit, master cyclinder. -200 dollars
Front and rear drums turned =Free
Spray paint -20
spark plugs -15
drive shaft = free (extra dad had)
yoke for rear end -60
u-joints for drive shaft -20
rear shocks =free (extra dad had)
Goodyear wrangler MTR =free (free take offs from work)
money spent on gas to drive to parents to use wielder -100

total spent so far 415 dollars

the rest of the focus money went to bills lol

Plans to come
fix frame
new front shocks
make a front and rear bumper
2 1/2 inch lift
33" mud tires
fix anything i find wrong

[jdbronco70]

i am going to give you before and after pics of what i have so far.
interor


out side

[jdbronco70]

rear Shock restoration
before

after cleaning

after paint

[jdbronco70]

hey guy a little progress. I was able to get the rear shocks in at work to only had a hour and i broke one of the top mounts for the shock but was still able to get the nut on, kind of lol






and some from last weekend's wheelin trip lol

[jdbronco70]

hey guys another update, monday i was given a set of 31-10.50-R15 and put them on on thursday. it looks so much better wi the 31's plus you cant beat the price of free lol

[4X4jared]

looks sweet. should be a real fun trail rig.

[burl]

Its a nice bronco hopefully we can meet up this summer frdboy86 has a cabin in houghton lake maybe we can go trail riding this summer

[jdbronco70]

Its a nice bronco hopefully we can meet up this summer frdboy86 has a cabin in houghton lake maybe we can go trail riding this summer

sounds like a plan to me,just shoot me a pm when ever u decide to come up. my names Jordan by the way

[ProGrade]

nice ol' bronco

[Ranger Dave]

love them old broncos

[Bigdaddy]

x2

love them old broncos

[78man]

awsome project, looks sweet

[BigCountryDRC]

Thats one ford i would happily drive. Those old broncos are awesome

[extricator1]

love them old broncos

x3

[jdbronco70]

Just a little update, rebuilt my carb last Saturday and tuned and drove so much better. And found out one of my valve stems is leaking.

[Mudstang1]

Nice old bronco

[jdbronco70]

hey guys haven't updated sense the last trial ride i was on. so not to much new i finally painted my grill and i bought some new 32 mud terrain tires, also built a bumper for it








then i fixed the top part of the tailgate plane on welding in a new bottom piece soon

[jdbronco70]

then the bumper built

the steel i used was 1/4 inch c channel from a old work out bench dad had it in the barn for what ever we needed it for so i thought it would be a great bumper
this is the piece just mounted on the truck we were talking about just leaving it that way and put a safari seat up there lol.


and the final product

[madkmart]

Very nice good start

[burl]

Seen it memorial weekend looked like it coulda used a coat of paint lol, seen u push mowin ur lawn too, had to cut by ur place bc of the parade, was gonna stop but I was in a hurry to get the boat back out on the water