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Old Oct 22, 2011 | 03:04 PM
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Call me crazy...

I have an 84 Bronco ii (body's shot) with a good drivetrain. i also have two 84 tempos (one's in very nice shape, but the nose is wrecked. the other is rotted everywhere except the nose). i was thinking of taking the good tempo nose, putting it on the good tempo body, and dropping the whole thing on the bronco ii frame. i can cut, weld, fabricate, etc. i want it to be a very safe car to drive (trail rig that i'll be driving around 60mph tops) and it'll be a cool little project, in my opinion, but i was curious as to what your guys opinions would be. i'd be running the 2.8 v6 and the 5 speed. i was thinking of using the subframe mounts as body mounts in the front and reinforcing the rear for body mounts.

anyone think i'm crazy yet? haha

also, anyone think that i should add anything else safety wise?

if this idea doesn't fly, i have a 60 ford falcon 2 door body that's only worth the body and trans.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2011 | 03:15 PM
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Sounds cool to me, I have seen all sorts of car bodies dropped on a 4x4 frames over the years, but not what your thinking of, go for it!
 
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Old Oct 22, 2011 | 11:38 PM
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As a former Tempo and Bronco 2 owner, I say DO IT!!!
 
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