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From 1995 Ford Bronco “Wookie”, documented by flomaster.

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1995 Ford Bronco - This is "Wookie" sitting about half way up Mt. Herman in El Paso county, CO, just outside of Monument CO. This has been my staple… 1995 Ford Bronco - Unfortunately for me, I have too many Bronco's, and one has to go. And although I'd drive this truck for the rest of my life the way it is,… 1995 Ford Bronco - First things first. Since the truck will be getting paint, and I don't trust a body shop to do the right thing, I've stripped the truck dow… 1995 Ford Bronco - Even if I were going to paint the truck myself, I would still remove everything I can off of it. I'd rather 'take off' than 'tape off' when… 1995 Ford Bronco - As with most of our trucks there was rust. The bulk of the rust was on the tailgate and the front driver's side fender. None of it was bad,… 1995 Ford Bronco - More metal cut out, and more surface rust behind. 1995 Ford Bronco - And this is probably the largest section of rust that there was to deal with on the truck, although there were others as well. When I final… 1995 Ford Bronco - This what the panels look like. I could have replaced half the tailgate panel with what they sent me--I only remember ordering the lower st… 1995 Ford Bronco - To keep the rust from continuing to form underneath I treated the inside of the tailgate with POR-15. There's more work to do in this regar… 1995 Ford Bronco - Same same. 1995 Ford Bronco - The tailgate had a lot of paint chipping and pock marks that I thought I would address. Much like the rest of the truck, I ground down the… 1995 Ford Bronco - This is what I wound up doing with the front grille. It was originally that plastic-chrome looking stuff, but had chips and flaking. I sand… 1995 Ford Bronco - Another shot of the grill and the headlight trim. I damned sure wasn't going to sand everything back down to change it, so sparkly it remai… 1995 Ford Bronco - Once its off the truck, disassembly of the headlight trim and blinker housing is very easy. The housings came off before prep and paint, an… 1995 Ford Bronco - 'Almost' finished. I hate body work. Everytime I think I'm close, I see some other minor thing that needs to be taken care of. Hood has bee… 1995 Ford Bronco - Not much to do here, but of course hail had to hit the ridge in the center of the hood, making repair a little more difficult. 1995 Ford Bronco - And then I just 'had' to do this. At least my welds held up nicely. I guess I'm getting a new tailgate. 1995 Ford Bronco - And then I just 'had' to do this. At least my welds held up nicely. I guess I'm getting a new tailgate. 1995 Ford Bronco - Tailgate I picked up at the Junk Yard. Incidentally, its in much better shape than the one that was originally on the truck (before I smash… 1995 Ford Bronco - This one had one little spot in the middle of the tailgate that was rusty. Lucky for me, the truck this was removed from had some sort of l… 1995 Ford Bronco - Prepping the rest of the tailgate. This tailgate originally came with a fancy cover. Not being overly fond of the cover, I'm going to be co… 1995 Ford Bronco - The metal underneath is prepped (no pic) and a new piece of sheetmetal cut. Tacked it into place with the MIG. If you're going to do this,… 1995 Ford Bronco - When welding sheet metal, its best to use the TIG. But, since I don't have any Argon at the moment, and I have plenty of 75/25 on hand, it'… 1995 Ford Bronco - Then we grind. And grind. And grind some more. Here we can see that I still have a way to go, but it's definitely getting there. Wear ear p… 1995 Ford Bronco - When done grinding the spot may still be somewhat visible. A very very thin layer of fiberglass should be able to cover up the imperfection… 1995 Ford Bronco - Tow bar hooked up. Taking it to the paint shop now.