1983 Ford Bronco
| Owner: |
Lonestar |
| From: |
Melbourne, Australia (Other registries outside the U.S) |
| Year, Make, & Model: |
1983 Ford Bronco (Other Ford Broncos) |
| Avatar: |
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| Mileage: |
171 |
| Engine: |
351C, 4MA crank, forged pistons, RV cam, 2V heads with hardened inserts, twin Gas Research LPG carbies on Awesome alloy manifold (our unleaded is expensive!) |
| Drivetrain: |
(In the build process) SAS Dana 44 Rockcrusher front end with upgraded inners and outers and Warn premium hubs, with '79 Bronco radius arms. Rockcrusher Dana 60 rear w/- disc brake conversion, full floating kit and 35 spline axles. ARB air lockers F+R with 4.56 gears. Running Procomp 17x9 alloys and Procomp 37x13.5x17 X-Terrains. 6" Superlift coils and leafs. Shocks undecided. |
| Notes: |
Bought as resprayed body with new tailgate. Engine already rebuilt and empty rockcrusher diffs under her and full of the boxes of parts. Custom making twin air boxes for K&N pod air filters and twin snorkels in 3in pipe. Making custom metal dash plates for full compliment of AutoMeter gauges, custom steel switch plates at bottom of dash for lighting, winch controls and air compressor and custom mounting for upper centre fascia (replace awful clock)for 3 more Autometer gauges. Custom colouring interior trim pieces, dash, headlining and original dash and custom plates incl. new carpet. Fitting sports bucket seats with 4 point harnesses front and additional (4 total) seatbelt in rear for rugrats. Bushwacker cut-out flares, custom front and rear bumpers, custom sidesteps and exhaust exit in front of rear wheels. Custom vinyl graphics planned and additional lighting of 2 foglights, 2 Narva Ultima blue spreads (both front bar) and 4 Narva Ultima blue spots (roof). |
| Last Updated: |
9/10/2007 |
| Hits: |
11736 |
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 My old Bronco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1,147 | 0 | 4/14/06 | 4/14/06 | | New project, another '83 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1,564 | 0 | 4/14/06 | 4/23/06 | | Custom airboxes and snorkels | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2,837 | 0 | 4/23/06 | 8/20/07 | | Dash and gauges | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3,028 | 0 | 4/23/06 | 12/23/06 | | Flares and bodywork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1,782 | 0 | 4/23/06 | 8/20/07 | | Engine and engine bay | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2,475 | 0 | 4/23/06 | 9/10/07 | | Electrical - Its A Snap wiring harness | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4,250 | 0 | 8/1/06 | 8/13/06 | | Drivetrain | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4,706 | 0 | 8/2/06 | 8/20/07 | | Suspension | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1,431 | 0 | 8/2/06 | 9/10/07 | | Steering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1,684 | 0 | 8/2/06 | 12/23/06 | | Interior | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3,330 | 0 | 8/16/06 | 8/20/07 |
 Four-link chassis bracket upside down...one more cross brace to go in b4 welding.jpg
376 hits | 120.3 KB | Posted: 9/10/07
Lower four link connection bracket for chassis....upside at moment....like the paint picture shows outer brace plate bolted through chassis to inner brace plate and cross brace to plate on top of 3/8ths angle plate with 3x2 inch box section clearance...
 plain old engine now bit more lively.jpg
348 hits | 142.8 KB | Posted: 9/10/07
First stage of Cleveland makeover...red block and heads, homemade custom polished alloy fuel pump block-off, Ford Racing polished alloy valve covers, chrome water neck, chrome dipstick and Gardner-Westcott polished stainless bolt kit stamped with For...
 Big Bronco takes up room....37in tyres dont look that big even with standard height springs on rear.jpg
375 hits | 121.66 KB | Posted: 8/20/07
Truck looks bit better with flares covering decent rubber. Fuel filler door will be welded and filled before final respray, LPG (propane) fill point will be relocated to rear bumper.
 K&N Apollo Air FilterRC-5052AB.jpg
400 hits | 20.63 KB | Posted: 8/20/07
These (x2) will now going be used instead of original BIG steel airboxes. This K&N unit is a sealed box complete with shaped air filter, and ducting to connect to snorkels, perfect. Even comes in several colours.
 Jet-Hot coated intake manifold for twin LPG carbies.jpg
393 hits | 120.66 KB | Posted: 8/20/07
Jet-Hot coated intake manifold, like the hubs. This has base for a four barrel intake manifold, using twin LPG (propane) carburettors up top with twin air intakes. This setup will be good enough to handle up to a 600HP engine.
 plain old black 351C.jpg
510 hits | 134.79 KB | Posted: 8/20/07
Cleveland stripped down a bit ready for rattle can red painting of block and heads, ready for the Edelbrock alloy manifold, Edelbrock polished water pump, March billet pulleys and Ford polished rocker covers!
 Pretty Bling hey.jpg
417 hits | 116.95 KB | Posted: 8/20/07
Close-up of front hubs coated and chrome wheel nuts. Hub is coated in 'Jet-Hot' coating, used to give show finish to exhausts, withstands salt and all conditions, can be polished further, 14 times more durable than powdercoat, 140 times more durable ...
 Full custom centre console for under dash looks the goods.jpg
486 hits | 120.49 KB | Posted: 8/20/07
Here is the finished underdash centre console. Simple foam and black vinyl from the local rubber retailer finished it off very nicely. Plates now painted match nicely with dash theme/truck colour theme.
 Four link bracket parts for chassis lower link.jpg
325 hits | 108.47 KB | Posted: 8/20/07
Here are some the components for my four link rear suspension. This is for the lower link chassis bracket. The bracket has to be sturdy and fixed alone to chassis rail as a crossmember would of fouled driveshaft. The angle plate is 9mm (3/8"), the in...
 offside snorkel with first bracket welded.JPG
1307 hits | 93.46 KB | Posted: 4/23/06
offside snorkel with first mounting bracket welded
 homemade gauge wiring harness complete.JPG
1138 hits | 134.45 KB | Posted: 8/1/06
my homemade gauge and switch wiring harness...earth circuit via each switch and gauge...white circuit is lighting for gauges, red circuit is ignition instrument power from fuse block, blue with white circuit is ignition hot for all switches power.
 over knuckle tie-rod and drag link set-up.JPG
731 hits | 112.12 KB | Posted: 12/23/06
over the knuckle tie-rodswap with drag link rod end stacked together with spacer and aircraft grade bolt....looks good...such simple upgrade
 custom gauge panel.JPG
586 hits | 111.29 KB | Posted: 4/23/06
custom gauge panel in primer/filler
 Rockcrusher solid axle Dana 44 with Buuletproof Steering tie rod, drag link and track bar.JPG
584 hits | 126.01 KB | Posted: 12/23/06
New BulletProof Steering from USA...Race Proof size tubing for tie-rod and drag link, Trail proof size tubing for track bar link....HD stage 2 rod ends for all connections and over the knuckle swap....such a simple and clean installation!!
 B&M Megashifter updates shifting.jpg
546 hits | 144.21 KB | Posted: 7/11/07
B&M Megashifter updates shifting from column, adds bit of class and simplifies transmission cable maintenance and adjustment
plain old black 351C.jpg
510 hits | 134.79 KB | Posted: 8/20/07
Cleveland stripped down a bit ready for rattle can red painting of block and heads, ready for the Edelbrock alloy manifold, Edelbrock polished water pump, March billet pulleys and Ford polished rocker covers!
Full custom centre console for under dash looks the goods.jpg
486 hits | 120.49 KB | Posted: 8/20/07
Here is the finished underdash centre console. Simple foam and black vinyl from the local rubber retailer finished it off very nicely. Plates now painted match nicely with dash theme/truck colour theme.
 slotted ventilated front rotors painted.JPG
463 hits | 106.95 KB | Posted: 12/24/06
new slotted front ventilated rotors with bit of red paint to complete the show and go....or stop!
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