Some specs;

-1979 Bronco Custom

-1970 T-bird 429 28,xxx miles with dove heads, RV cam, edlebrock performer intake and 750 carb, blueprinted and balanced with hardened valves etc.

-C6 tranny rebuilt with a shift kit, 28,xxx miles

-6" lift, radius arm drop brackets and superlift coils, 4" blocks and 2" lift leafs

-39x18x15 mickey Thomson Baja Belteds

-lots and lots of other new parts on it, alternator, radiator, exhaust etc.


When I bought it, the 9" was grenaded, so I threw a new one together with some gears etc we had lying around. However it only lasted 3 wheeling trips (no big surprise there) so its time for some upgraded axles obviously.

The plans include (roughly) ;

-Sterling Rear, ditching the blocks and going to either Deaver 6" lift springs or a sky shackle flip kit and smaller blocks

-Dana 60 front, converting it to radius arms, with Cage Offroad arms. and either FOA coilovers or Cage progressive coils

I have the axles already, just a matter of getting all the brakes, drivelines etc


Well here's some pictures of the bronco and what progress has been made so far, any opinions or advice are greatly appreciated







Here's some of the evidence that a 1-ton swap is necessary











And here's some pictures of the 9" I built for my senior seminar project

























and back in the driveway




And a few pictures of my what started it all for me, my Dads rig

 

nice rig welcome to the site

 

awesome build! subscribed

 

Thanks guys

I have a little bit of an update, here's some parts I've gotten for it.

2003 dana 60 front end
2002 sterling posi rear
Bloody Knuckle Garage (Cage) radius arms
Bloody Knuckle Garage dual shock hoop
Bloody Knuckle Garage coils/shocks
Cage offroad coil pockets
Bump stops
Sky shackle flip kit
(2) 2002 f350 1350 jointed front D-shafts
2002 f350 1410 jointed rear shaft
rotors front and rear
I'm ordering some 32 spline np205 output flanges that accept a 1350 cv

The Bronco's currently in the shop with no front axle under it, I'm just waiting on stuff to get back to powdercoat to start the swap

So far here's what I have calculated for a rough cost of the build

Bronco---$2900
9" rearend---$100
lights/bulb sockets etc---$100
U-Joints---$30
Dana 60/sterling rear/wheels/4.88 gears---$150 + warn 8k winch
driveshafts---$450
RA's/mounts---$250
Coils---FREE
Shocks---FREE
dual shock hoop---FREE
Coil pockets---FREE
bump stops---FREE
35" Hankooks---FREE
Carb rebuild---$45
Battery/bigger cables---$150
Starter---$45

Sold
39" Mickey Thompsons--- (-) $1,100
Dana 44---(-) $250
lift---(-) $175

Overall
$2,695

Not bad for a 1-ton big block Bronco with some decent suspension

 

Powdercoat came today

 

I got the Bronco in the shop and yanked the old D44 out, and mounted my shock hoops



I got the Np205 all cleaned up and my new 4 bolt flanges on.



My Dana 60 is finally ready to go under the truck and weld on my radius arm mounts



You may have noticed the lack of brakes, well I'm digging through all my extra calipers to make a couple good ones, and putting new seals in them.



Got brakes?

I got the passenger side shock hoop mounted, ended up having to trim the inner fenders/ac unit. I also got the center section trimmed up and the axle under the truck, hopefully have it centered front/rear and side/side and have the caster angle set tonight so I can start mocking up my radius arms.

Before


After








got the rear end cleaned up and ready to go in, and the bump stops off my dad's rig and ready to go on mine and have the axle just about set up under the rig

The rear axle before:





After(still needs brakes diff cover powder coatedand some more cleaning up):





The front axle under the rig (forgot to take pictures with the ra's mocked up :twak)



Where the magic...errr...work happens




Got the RA's mocked up and caster angle set





Then made the sides of the RA's level and tacked on the RA brackets



I pulled the axle back out from under it and will do the finish welding tonight or tomorrow morning hopefully, then as soon as the RA's get back from powder coat I can thrown the front end together

 

Apparently there's no interest here, so if you want to see updates go here My first Bronco - FSB Forums

 

I must've missed it last time.

That's some incredible work you've done. Plus, it looks like you're very precise with it, which is awesome.

I'd love to have a shop to work in like that....


Well done!

 

I just found your post here and it is very inspiring to me. I Just brought home 78 Bronco that was a 20 year project from the guy I bought it from. Needless to say it is kind of a basket case finding what parts I do and don't have right now. I'm glad to see your work because it shows that if you take the time and lay it out right it will work out great. I hope you still post a few updates here, but I will head to the other site to check too I guess.

 

bigzirb - subscribe to his thread over on FullSizeBronco.com He's done good work so far and I've been following both threads. If you're looking for more info on finding parts & help on your Bronco, that's a much better bet. I like FTE just fine but it's centered primarily around F-Series trucks, not Broncos. They lump '78-'96 Broncos in one pile as if there were any significant similarities between them. FSB breaks them down into the right age brackets for tech writeups, n00b questions, etc.

 

Looks great....also envious of you shop !

 

well I suppose I'm overdue for an update...

got the one ton swap finished up, and wheeled it for a little while before getting stationed overseas for a couple years.

















while I was home on leave the piston got in an argument with the piston rod, and they decided to part ways



I recently got back stateside, with a pile of parts welcoming me. I assembled my new motor, a SCJ headed 545ci Stroker.

build specs:
-Lunati Voodoo forged 4340 crankshaft (4.5 stroke)
-Lunati Voodoo forged 4340 H-beam connecting rods with ARP 2000 bolts
-Diamond Racing forged pistons (.030 bore w/Cobra Jet valve reliefs)
-Diamond Racing file fit plasma moly rings
-King HP/XP bearings
-Ford Super Cobra Jet aluminum heads w/ bowl blending and port work
-Lunati roller rockers
-Lunati solid flat tappet cam/lifters
-High Flow Dynamics Street/Strip oil pump
-Weiand Stealth SCJ intake
-L&L 3/4 length headers
-Lunati 9-key billet timing set
-Full MSD igntion (pro-billet dizzy/6AL/coil/wires)
-11:1 compression
















while building the motor I also installed Autofab Bulged fiberglass fenders. The Bronco has taken a turn and is now becoming a more "go-fast" prerunner oriented build. Also, its now on 40x13.5x17 MTR's and Walker Evans Beadlocks.









then McQueen Products contacted me about their new front end and I had to have it!





Oh! and I got some new butt holsters



And thats pretty much where it sits now. Ive had about a month or two of time to work on it in the last 4 years... I'm deployed currently but but i'll be stateside again soon and have big plans for it!

Next up:
Full cage bumper to bumper
New 1150cfm Dominator Carb
full manual valve body
Paint


Front suspension:
3.0 King double bypasses
2.5 King Coilovers
2.5" King hydraulic bumpstops
limit straps
axle truss

Rear Suspension:
Deaver leafs
Camburg +1.5" Shackles
King 3.0 triple bypasses
autofab 2-link
King 2.5" hydraulic bumps
axle truss
limit straps

Should make the suspension perform pretty darn well!

 

Lookin good!!

Still love the prerunner look it has going on now

 

From mild to wild in one sweet Bronco. Glad you stopped back by to give us an update.

 

Hey now, don't leave us hangin over here........