I priced them through work, but up here they were roughly the same price and 6-8 weeks away for some reason.
Also, I just received my shipment from LMC (shipping charges are through the freaking roof - more joys of being in Canada). After looking at the seals for the hardtop I figured even though I'm pinching pennies as much as I can, there's no point in going this far and putting rotten old seals back in - if they went back in one piece. I ordered the seals for the bottom of the hardtop, for the front of the top where it meets the cab, window run seal for the tailgate glass and all the window felts for the tailgate. Any of the other seals were in great shape, so I reused them. Now just to tint the glass before I put it back in and then the top goes on. Pics to follow!

 

broncos lookin awesome man!

 

Thanks! I got the solid axle the other day, it's from a 78-79 Bronco with the dual shock option. It has the sway bar too, not that it fits any of mine. It needs a spindle, some new u joints and bearings and seals but luckily that's not too expensive. It came with the radius arms and the frame brackets too









Also got my stereo put in and the back seat dyed. I never really looked at the back seats before so I was surprised when I saw three sets of belts in it. I always thought there were only two!

 

Dad and I got one of the side windows in last night. There's definately a trick to doing these - the pointed corners are a real treat. For the other side, we're going to use two pieces of rope to pull the seal in, as opposed to the one. For anybody that's attempting to do these and using one whole piece of rope, get ready for a lot of cursing. If you don't know curse words, you're going to learn them quick. I'd reccommend using some vaseline or some sort of motion lotion.





Started by putting the seal around the window first.







Then, after spraying the rubber with soapy water, ran the rope into the inner rib on the seal.





Then met the two ends of the rope at the bottom and overlapped them. This works awesome for the back windows in pickups. But, they don't have the pointed corners to make it more fun.

I'll maybe make a sticky when we do the last window. We're going to try a different method with the ropes that is hopefully a piece of cake! I'll include putting in the chrome trim around the outside of the rubber too. 'Cause they're a real treat too.

 

Well, it's all aligned and safetied. That old 4 speed is like driving a tractor compared to the T5 in the Flareside. Still love it though.




Off to get lined up.





On the way back from the alignment shop. Needs bumperettes





This morning before it went for safety. Passed with flying colours. Plates and sticker in a couple of days. Still needs the chrome corner pieces on the window reveal mouldings and mud flaps. Just about done!

 

Looks great! How much did you tint your windows?

 

It does look good!

 

Looks awesome!!!
great work

 

Looks amazing! Can we get some running vids and a walk around?

 

Looks awesome. How do the 3.50 gears move it along with the 35s?

 

Thanks guys! The windows are tinted 20% all the way around, it's not near as bad to drive at night as I was expecting.
I'll get a video today or tomorrow and post it so you guys can see, hopefully I'll be getting plates for it today. Unfortunately it looks like I've already got a bunch of bad fuel - it runs like a turd. I put in some octane boost and gas line antifreeze it's gradually running better. Talk about aggrivating though.
The 3.50s are awesome on the highway with the 4 speed, just what I wanted for a DD. I don't have a tach but I can tell it's under 2k at about 90km/h, way better than I was figuring on. First and second gear in that transmission get it rolling really well. Someday it'll likely get 4.30s or 4.56s with a ZF, but that's after a SAS For all the wheeling that I'll be doing it's more than adequate for now.

 

Nice looking Bronco. Whats all that white flaky stuff all over it and the trailer?

 

Thanks! My personal name for the frozen precipitate you see there might get me kicked off the forum. The family-friendly term for it is white diahrrea

 

Got some more pics from my phone. Dad and I built a front receiver hitch for it, I'll be going no winter maintenance running this winter and there's likely to be a few Chevys there. Need something at both ends to pull them out with
I wanted to build a hidden hitch - literally. For all the area I had to bolt to on the bottom of the frame, between the rails is a lot stronger.








Passenger side end of the hitch.





Driver's side framerail. Cut a square slot for the hitch to slide through. Bolted on a support plate for strength.





Passenger side framerail. Bolted through the frame.





I cut a square hole in the bumper and ran the receiver through it. The hinge bracket for the license plate is from the gas filler on a '77 Buick Park Ave. Five dollar special from the scrapyard!





Out of sight! Nice and tidy

As I mentioned before, I got the truck aligned and plated. Didn't take much of a trip around town to know something was seriously wrong with the steering. It was down right scary trying to keep it straight. I'd looked at the tie rods before, but couldn't get much of an idea of what state they were in. I'd asked the guy doing the alignment to check them he said they were good. They were not. All 4 were toast. So here we are.







Added a steering stabilizer while I was there.





Inners, outers and sleeves. Without even leaving the garage the difference is night and day. Luckily the ball joints ARE all good and the bushings are all new. Hopefully this is an improvement.

The last thing to finish the interior was the sill plates. I took the best pair I had and wire wheeled them to get the corrosion and dirt off of them. Them primed them with self etching primer.




Then painted them with the same blue paint that the interior was done with. I finished them by putting some 320 grit sandpaper on a block and sanding the paint off of the raised parts to the bare aluminum. I did this with the Flareside and really liked the outcome of it. They're dirty already, but that's a Canadian winter for ya.




The last thing to set off the interior was the rocker covers. My buddy's Dad works at a stainless shop and they can pretty much make anything you can imagine. I asked if he could make up a pair of these for me in diamond plate. They're available from LMC smooth which I have for the Flareside, but I wanted something with some grip on it for the goofs climbing in the back. Plus it'll look good protecting my rockers too. Attached it with 3M tape.








I'll have to spray oil around the edges to prevent any salt getting in and rusting underneath. But they fit really nice. Free of charge too because he liked the truck

 

Looking good! I like the sill plates and may steal that idea.