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From 1983 Ford Bronco “Jezebel” — documented by michael collins.

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1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the bumper that was on the bronco when i got it. the grill guard is welded to the bumper. and looks poor. 1983 Ford Bronco - here is another view of my helper and the front bumper. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is Christian and the stock old bumper. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here are 2 of the 4 bolts that hold the stock bumper on. 1983 Ford Bronco - after the 4 bolts were removed the bumper was tossed aside. The new bumper fits the bronco so much better. 1983 Ford Bronco - the new bumper is 28" on the mounts. this was off a suburban. 1983 Ford Bronco - out side to outside frame spacing is 39.5" 1983 Ford Bronco - Here she is naked no bumper. I did a fast wire wheel cleanup 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the front end after i removed the stock bumper and primed and painted the frame and exposed parts. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here i am test fitting the new to me bumper. it was off a full size chevy so there will be work to do. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is another test fit shot. you can see the long chevy mounts on the rear. the chevy frame was 4" wider than the fords.i just cut off th… 1983 Ford Bronco - The front fenders have a "Tooth" that hangs down on the front. i decided i woud remove it and set the bumper in the same place. here is the… 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the drivers side done and retesting the fit of the bumper.looks good to me. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the lower part of the front fender i cut out. there is a plastic inside liner i removed that too. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the "Tooth" on the pass side. it was fine with the stock bumper but out of place for the new bumper -it would make it stick too far… 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the front angle of the "tooth" i am removing. 1983 Ford Bronco - here is the front without the bumper. looks strange. 1983 Ford Bronco - this is the pass side with the fender cut out but not the plastic liner. This is a good place to catch crud and start rusting the beast out. 1983 Ford Bronco - I just followed the body line around the side. i had to leve the triangle on the front there was a screw that commects the front pan to the… 1983 Ford Bronco - Here are the fender ends i cut off the pass side of the front fender. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the new bumper being test fit. i want to tuck it in so it does not stick out too far. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the test fit after the pass side was all trimed. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the pass side after i clipped the tooth off. much nicer looking. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the pass side all trimed up and ready for the bumper. 1983 Ford Bronco - with both fenders cut and the correct height spacers this is almost where i i want the bumper to sit. looks good. 1983 Ford Bronco - here is the pass side all clipped and waiting for the new bumper. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is another view with the paint. 1983 Ford Bronco - I knew i was going to install a winch someday. i wanted to make this as strong as possible. I got these bumpers for free and the were what… 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is how it will connect to the rear bumper mount. 1983 Ford Bronco - I used angle iron to mount the back bumper mount to the frame. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is another shot of hoe the rear of the front bumper mount goes. 1983 Ford Bronco - here are the side getting paint added. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the rear mount. i cleaned it real good and hit it with primer and paint. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the driver side all bolted in place. these are 1/2" grade bolts and nuts with poly lock nuts.this beast is not going anywhere. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the pass side of the bracket. 1983 Ford Bronco - I need to drill out the back so i could bolt the rear of the bumper to it. 1983 Ford Bronco - center bumper mount to center bumper mount hole is 38" inches. 1983 Ford Bronco - the front horns are 2" wide. 1983 Ford Bronco - you can see the other rear bolt mounts in this pic as well 1983 Ford Bronco - another frame shot after i painted the valence. 1983 Ford Bronco - with the back worked out i needed to get a front mount. these were cut off the rear bumper andgoing in the scrap pile and worked perfect. H… 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the pass side mount. you can see the 3 bolts now. These were in for test alignment only. 1983 Ford Bronco - here it is with the rear holes drilled. There are 10 1/2" bolts going to the frame now where there were 2 before. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the bottom all cleaned and painted ready for the install 1983 Ford Bronco - Here it is all bolted in rear mount and front mounts. i jumped all over this bumper and it does not move at all. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here it is bolted in place. This thing is not going anywhere. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is a side shot of the bumper installed. it looks good time to paint the top side of the bumper. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the bumper all painted and ready to go. It got a spot for the winch and a front reciver point. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here it is from the front all painted. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the drivers side all painted. this sure does improve the front end looks. 1983 Ford Bronco - this bumper is kid tested tuff said my son Christian 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is a shot i like ground up. this bumper really works for this front end. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here she is out on the street. 1983 Ford Bronco - well the police stopped and said it was law to have a front license plate and a big fine for not having one so i needed a temp fix. i had t… 1983 Ford Bronco - Here it is cut and drilled. ready for the install. 1983 Ford Bronco - Here it is on the beast with the plate. time to get new plates this one is beat up bad... 1983 Ford Bronco - Here s the new front plate mount. 1983 Ford Bronco - another shot of the front plate mount 1983 Ford Bronco - here is the last picture of the mount 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the new grill guard. it is just 2"X3" square tube. i welded amd ground smoth. it is so tall since it is going thru the bumper top a… 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the spot the grill guard is going to go. you can see the squares i cut out with the plasma cutter. 1983 Ford Bronco - here is a front view of the new grill guard. 1983 Ford Bronco - here is a driver side view of the new guard 1983 Ford Bronco - Here is the new grill guard all painted. It looks good and gives a good place to hold onto when working under the hood or on the front bump…