1979 Ford Bronco Tex pictures, videos, and sounds

r79bronco > 1979 Ford Bronco > Tex

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frame fresh out

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Ready for sandblasting & paint

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Body on our dolly.

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solid spacer instead of crush sleeve

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Finally something going back together!

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Ready for brake parts.

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Great Ebay find! $32.

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Been siting awhile but looks like new gaskets should do it.

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259 hits | 112.83 KB | Posted: 3/19/15
A few dings here and there but absolutely no rust to be found! welded up spare tire holder holes I t...

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probably better than new.

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Blasted and painted. now I've decided to do a shackle inversion.

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All new with 1982 f250 wheel cylinders.(1.125")

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9" 4.56 with Detroit locker. 31 spline

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left side is modified so I could get snap-ring on stub axle. I had to do both sides.

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410 C.I. KB pistons, ultradyne cam, performer 400 intake, 750 Holley. Balanced rotating assembly.

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New 15x10 for our 15x36x15 DC fun countrys

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Finally, a little reassembly on the frame.

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Front acc. brackets.

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Before and after

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JBG axle flip brackets

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Previous owner handywork on engine perch both sides looked about the same!

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My handy work

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underside of same perch

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Lynda & Nicole's handy work

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Original Caliper banjo fitting

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Original caliper

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Original 78 thunderbird caliper

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Modifying thunderbird caliper

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Just need to find 7/16-24 banjo bolt, Bronco used 3/8-24.

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Ready to go for sandblasting.

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Blasted, the only holes were on top of the bedrails.

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Just some dings and dents. Rural truck and auto body do great work.

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Great barn loft find! 70 boss 302

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Original brake and fuel lines are in great shape.

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Really starting to take shape! And everybody is worried it won't fit out the door like Henry's first...

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This is a newer tailgate, but it bolts right up and all bodylines line up, just need to get newer la...

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bought this tailgate at superswap in Columbus for $325 years ago.

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New Ford doors bought at a swap meet years ago.

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The shock mounts we were missing.

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craigslist find new Ford hood bought by original owner in 1978!

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I forgot I had even bought this. When getting fenders down from shelf this was on top of them. Purch...

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Finally ready for paint.

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Loaded up and going to get painted

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No more jack stands!

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Waiting for a powertrain to be installed

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Wet sanded with 1500 and ready to buff.

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Paint looks awesome after Uncle Randy's buffing Job!

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Straps from Jeff's Bronco Graveyard fit well after a little tweeking and adding some support plates ...

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Added rubber under straps to protect the tank.

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Bought a parts truck. 78 XLT 4 speed with lots of good black interior parts.

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Got an unbelievable Original tailgate with the parts truck!

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Nice cap with the dark windows that we wanted. If anyone needs parts email me,

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Anyone need any parts? Email me,

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Headman Headers fit nice, That's the way to install headers, while theres no body.

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Megan helping make the fuel pump mount,

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Wiring Harness going back in.

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Nicole & Lynda did a fine job cleaning up and retaping the harnesses.

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Fuel pump installed with Relay that is fed by 12 guage wire. Megan was responsible for plumbing the ...

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The lift sqad John, Paul, Terry, Bob, Jeff. Lynda on the hoist and Nicole guiding and positioning.

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Oh yea and the hoist on a trolley.

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Had to take rear tires off to lower frame to a manageable height.

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Back of body was lifted by hand and carried sideways over the frame with trolley rolling the front o...

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And finished with tires back on!

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Yes its TALL. Not sure how she'll get in.

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Still a lot to do but what a huge step. Any body want to buy a body dolly? email me.

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Not much progress the last couple of weeks. Have to take advantage of the good weather.

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Just a couple pictures of parts I bought in the late nineties that probably are not even available a...

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Factory pieces fit so nice !

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This is the later (E7 part no.) tailgate but fits perfect. Just had to get later latches.

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Just adding the tail lights makes the back look so much more complete.

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The bronco is a 79 but has a 90's tailgate. Had to also get matching latches and the latch actuation...

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Even the latch strikes are 79 style and line up and work perfectly with the later tailgate.

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All the seals are reproduction except the corner seals that are NOS that I bought 20 years ago. ever...

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I also bought a new tailgate panel years ago .Was bought as a 79 part but fit the later tailgate per...

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This is the ac harness that goes from the control on the dash to the evaporator thermostat switch. T...

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I cant make heads or tails out of this end of the harness. Ended up getting a great used one from a ...

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Not much help but cant wait for a ride.

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All the door windows had purple tint on them that Nicole said had to go. She and her friend Baites s...

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Original 1979 door handles cleaned up great. All of the key tumblers now match. Tailgate, doors, ign...

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One of the jobs I was dreading. Putting new gaskets in the wing windows and installing them in the d...

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Progress on the dash! Will have more custom wiring to do as we get accessories, but all the factory ...

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Same master cylinder that's on my f-350 (1.25 bore), should work well with my larger f-250 rear whee...

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All new stainless hardware to hold everything together

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Going to add a single din stereo to the dash

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Have to cut the opening in the plastic bezel and the steel support behind it.

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This is the generic mounting bracket that came with the Boss stereo and its perfect for this applica...

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Opening needed to be bigger than the steel support but there is room for a wider plate to be added t...

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Not wired but I think that will be easy compared to getting it mounted in the dash. 7" screen c...

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Polk 6 1/2 " fit right in with no holes to drill. Rear 6x9 not quite that easy. Will get to tha...

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Starting to look like a dash again.

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FYI the reproduction door handle pads from JBG do not fit the original door handles. Maybe they are...

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A work of art ?

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Bent up custom lines to go from master cylinder to brake switch . Now we just need brake fluid.

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Putting old window in didn't go so well.

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So we got a new one with upgrade that included sun shield. And they installed it.

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New Precision brand rubber seals for the doors, fit great.

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More new rubber

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1970 boss 302 valve covers going on the Bronco.

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Need a little cleanup.

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Original valve covers.

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Boss valve covers fit but are a job to get on with the AC unit hanging on the firewall.

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Squirters getting installed.

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More of Lynda's handywork. New cowl seal installed too

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New Borgeson steering shaft eliminates the rag joint for tighter steering.

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NOS Ford drip rail Moldings Installed.

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The drip rail moldings were still in the ford packaging along with 4 NOS wheel lip moldings. Found t...

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Custom bent dipstick tube to fit with headers. what a job.

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Holley 3310 780cfm needs a good tune up but just a good simple vacuum secondary carb.

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used 3g puts out 130 amps compared to the stock 55 amp unit on the right.

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3g swap was easy as swapping pulleys and adding a heli-coil to the bottom hole. 3g came out of a V6 ...

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Some more of Lynda's handy work. New hoses and clamps and she cleaned up the steel tubes.

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Core support going on.

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Inner fenders going back on Had them powder coated semi flat black along with the core support

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auxiliary battery tray made from modified right side tray. at a casual glance it almost looks factor...

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Finally looking like a truck again. Factory parts just fit so nice!

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Kind of an awkward shot of the refurbished headliner. Nicole & Lynda recovered it in a black materia...

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Needed a place to mount the battery isolator.

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Isolator now attached right next to the right side battery.

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All the lights work but turn signal switch wont hold.

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Realized the striker posts were missing bushings that are not really replaceable. They want to sell ...

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Made new washers to replace originals because they had to be cut off.

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New bushings being made from delron.

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Door closes much nicer now.

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Vacuum can we found at Dundee junkyard. All cleaned up and painted by Lynda.

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Jason's polishing of Grafton Ohio stripped and polished our pretty straight grill shell. He did a go...

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Needed someplace to mount all the auxiliary fuse blocks and wiring connector blocks.

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Just getting wiring started.

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Had to drill holes for the wiring looms from a post to door. truck didn't have door speakers origina...

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There are dimples in the body and in the doors that locate where to put the holes.

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Looks as good as factory if not better

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Time for Uncle Randy to do some more buffing.

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Brand new ford wheel lip moldings.

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The wheel lip moldings had been sitting around so long that they took some elbow grease to get them ...

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inner splash shields and wheel well moldings installed.

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nos parts fit so well. all the screw holes lined up great

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Custom made fuel log. 3/8 o.d. w/ gage.

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Wow I can finally post photos again! Been a couple of months with lots of progress.

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Last piece of the fuel system. Had to bend that one twice to get it right.

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Cut strips of mdf to fill in the ridges in the bed. Similar to the factory strips but we cut them to...

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Bought the dynamic insulation tub kit from JBG, great stuff but I needed to buy 3 extra 19x29 sheet...

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Painted the back of the bumpers and the bottom of the rear valence panel.

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Lynda's handy work before and after. For the rear bumper brackets.

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Had to polish all the bumper bolts.

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The new reproduction bumpers from JBG look great. really pleased with both bumpers quality. I've bou...

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Rear valence and bumper brackets ready for a bumper.

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She thinks we put the carpet in just for her.

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Rear bumper is just as nice as the front one.

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Uncle Randys been busy again. This is only the first stage of buffing. He says the paint has gotten ...

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Another item from the parts truck.

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started putting moldings on. they are in very good shape and look good.

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Original seat tracks worked out well, just moved the bolt holes a little and our scat seat went righ...

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Had to bend up some custom boxes to fill in the hole that a previous owner cut to clear speakers.

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These scat seats look great

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Back of interior finished up, assembled, done

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The other seat is installed.

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hoods on not done with line up, but is looking good

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Stereo sounds great! Nicole's first tune "my old bronco" sounded better than ever before.

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gauges hooked up

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Original chrome looked good. The black paint not so good.

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Henderson driveline and axle made us new driveshafts front and rear. They used some of our cv joint ...

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Front shaft is made from 2" X .120 wall tubing couldn't be any larger diameter, just clears Hea...

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Lynda sprayed the emblems entirely black, then Nicole steel wooled the top surface to bring the chro...

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getting ready for more trim.

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Used a chalk line to get moldings straight.

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Custom dual exhaust bent up by Joes complete auto in Huron Ohio. Joe literally did pull-ups from the...

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Finally ready for the maiden voyage! Friday July 1 The whole family loaded in and we cruised to Big ...

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Sunday July 3rd we drove to Marble Head and took the ferry to Kelleys Island.

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July 10th 2016, Elyria Ford, Nicole pulling into the Mustang and Ford Show

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Barrowed brothers tube bender to make a roll bar. We are headed up to the Bronco takeover at silver ...

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Its a work out but it makes a nice bend in our 1 3/4" dom .120 wall tube.

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Main hoop bent up and fits nice. Having the parts bronco next to the shop worked out great for fitti...