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THE PROJECT

From 1978 Ford Bronco “THE PROJECT” — documented by drajj5.

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1978 Ford Bronco - STAGE 1 This is the truck to be restored.......been sitting for while in the yard waiting its turn. Sold truck with A/C and very little rus… 1978 Ford Bronco - STAGE 1 Driver's side view showing a need for a front clip and drivers door. The Bronco in the background is my daily driver and will be pa… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 1 Interior is rough and will be made new. came with a free spare dash though. pic 3 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 2 Front clip is trash, grill is bent and both front fenders have rot at the front side marker lights. hood has rust underneath and wi… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 2 passenger side rear, with a makshift patch at rear quarter panel. this will be replaced with a new quarter panel........looking at… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 2 With the top removed I could see a decent interior with little to no repair needed....Yee haw! pic6 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 2 driverside rear only needs to be touched up. fenderwells seem to be good..... pic 7 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 2 driverside front ---front clip will not be saved I like the round headlight look anyway. Vintage, the only way to go!!!! pic 8 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 3 the teardown begins.....The old 351m has been apart for some time and had water damage. It will be replaced with the tranny from my… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 3 body lifted off of frame, this reveiled just how bad the frame was. It also showed that the belly of the cab was in great shape....… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 3 ON LIFT (body only). It lifted off like a dream. Now I can focus on the frame repair(s) pic 11 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 FRAME/BODY MOUNT just fwd of driver rear spring----ROTTED OUT I am going to cut out this rot and replace with fresh new metal pic 12 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 frame cleaning and prepping for paint.......... will use a rustoleum black for the final coating, this will be brushed on so that a… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 frame repair--remove bad/pitted/thin metal pic 14 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 new steel plate w/machined hole. this was done a local machine shop. pic 15 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 painted outline for replacement plate pic 16 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 top view of plates. I had no idea that there was so much rotted away. pic 17 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 side view of plates pic 18 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 shows how thin the metal has become at center of hole. I am glad that this is getting fixed. pic 19 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 front veiw of fitted plate. I grinded the new plate to fit the section that was removed to fit perfectly in the section to be repai… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 4 side view of fitted plate, well there are only 6 more of these repairs to do before the welding begins. Fortunatly this was all the… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 5 Frame is now painted and the installation of the axles has begun. I wished that I had waited to install the new polyurethane while… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 5 Completed frame, tires are old and will be replaced with new. Time to work on the brakes pic 23 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 5 found that this was a old drum brake front end....someone had comverted to Chevy calipers on the ford d44. I went ahead and replace… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 5 I purchased new calipers and pads as well as new brake lines throughout this frame. if you didnt know..............this is a disc b… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 5 New Milemarker hubs replaced the old ford hubs, these work great and will not get stiff over time. the tires and semi new wheels we… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 6 Brand new passenger rear quarter panel 78-79 bronco as well as a passenger floorboard arrived from the parts house. The body is now… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 6 After a lot of cussing the removal of 100s of spotwelds, the new rear quarter was installed. this was a 2 person task and thankfull… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 6 Lots of primer showed areas that still need love. I will attend to those areas one at a time 30 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 6 New rear quarter panel primed and ready for paint, the rest of the body used a gallon of primer to finish. 31 1978 Ford Bronco - stage 6 A color matched bedliner was used on the underside of the body. Made by raptor this was tintable liner that will not look stupid wh… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 6 driver and passenger floorboards with tranny tunnel cover set in place.....Oh goodness that looks good!!!! Hope that it will stay t… 1978 Ford Bronco - Vehicle underbody coated in red paint, suspended on a lift in a garage setting. 1978 Ford Bronco - A black fuel tank is shown in front of a large industrial fan. 1978 Ford Bronco - The frame of a vehicle is visible with a large, deflated tire resting within it. 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up view of a vehicle's frame, showing rubber straps and suspension components. 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 7 Motor is pulled from the daily driver....400, .030 over and runs great. will freshen it up with new distributor and carb. I painted… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 7 tranny took lots of elbowgrease to clean. It is a np435 hooked to a np 205 t-case. I painted it blue to match the motor. 35 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 7 fresh tranny installed.....it was the easiest install, my brother came over to help and with no cab the job went fast!!!! 36 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 7 Passenger view, man that looks good with the uniform color. My brother had some silver exhaust manifold paint which accents the loo… 1978 Ford Bronco - A blue painted transfer case and transmission assembly is shown mounted on a black frame, likely during a restoration or repair process. 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 7 Side veiw of the body sitting high above the frame. I must install Reese hitch, Gas tank, and shocks. this is easy to get to before… 1978 Ford Bronco - Stage 7 good god, car lifts are a blessing. this is a front veiw of the running gear underneath the body......some assembly required.. 38 1978 Ford Bronco - The chassis and engine of a 1978 Ford Bronco are suspended in a workshop, undergoing restoration.