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“ugly”1988 Ford Bronco

documented by 88rustsurvivor 92 photos documented since 2 years documented ♡ Follow this build

The story

5th owner, 21years of ownership in PA. Oh, yeah LOTS of rust baby!! Most of the body work done interior cleaned and bedlinered. My whole plan is to build it the way Ford should have in the first place. coming up a SAS D44, 33's, front clip swap, metallic gray paint job, rehopolster interior, rear wiper setup — 88rustsurvivor

Photos

1988 Ford Bronco — first step in body work Corroded metal floor with red stripes and SuperMotors.net watermark 1988 Ford Bronco — not bad for 21years old 1988 Ford Bronco — oil based primer 1988 Ford Bronco — Welded metal patch on a red vehicle's floor pan, showing rough welds and rust Welded metal panel with visible weld seams welded metal floor pan with SuperMotors.net watermark 1988 Ford Bronco — first time a had to replace my steering column 1988 Ford Bronco — original interior 1988 Ford Bronco — Interior view through rear tailgate window of an SUV looking out at a spare tire and trees Rear of a red and tan two-tone Ford Bronco with rear-mounted spare tire and Pennsylvania plate 1988 Ford Bronco — old engine look 1988 Ford Bronco — new engine look 1988 Ford Bronco — smashed the tailgate, tiregate, and window 1988 Ford Bronco — had to make a new rear body support due to rust 1988 Ford Bronco — decaprting and rear support repair 1988 Ford Bronco — rust hole in frame 1988 Ford Bronco — mmm my favorite sound deadening material Severe rust holes and corrosion in a vehicle floor pan 1988 Ford Bronco — getting better and better 1988 Ford Bronco — channel repair 1988 Ford Bronco — getting ready to bedliner 1988 Ford Bronco — oh yeah bedliner 1988 Ford Bronco — Worn tan interior of a Ford truck showing steering wheel, dash and floor 1988 Ford Bronco — Interior view of a vehicle with tools on the seat and a fire extinguisher on the floor 1988 Ford Bronco interior cargo area with folded rear seat and ribbed floor Extensive rust damage in the corner of a vehicle floor and rocker area 1988 Ford Bronco — hours of work looking down at that huge hole Fresh weld repair on a vehicle floor pan with surrounding red paint Rear-mounted Ford Bronco spare tire cover on a red and tan SUV with Pennsylvania plate 1988 Ford Bronco — an hour after I bought it Disassembled manual transmission gear cluster standing on a garage floor 1988 Ford Bronco — taking the floor pan out first to make install alot easier 1988 Ford Bronco — rear driveshaft AOD length 1988 Ford Bronco — front driveshaft AOD length 1988 Ford Bronco — rear driveshaft ZF length 1988 Ford Bronco — front driveshaft ZF length 1988 Ford Bronco — unbolt the driveshafts and put them out of the way since its not comming of the lift 1988 Ford Bronco — after unbolting the trans mount from the cross member jack up the t-case to remove the transmount and crossme… 1988 Ford Bronco — on top the original crossmember braces and below the new ones
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