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Gray convertible soft top with clear plastic windows laid out on grass

“jopes”1978 Ford Bronco

documented by Don Rowles 109 photos documented since 1 years documented ♡ Follow this build

The story

---Current Mods and Features---
-45 Gallon Fuel Cell
-On Board Air, York Compressor
-Onboard Welder
-Pair of KC Daylighters Up Front
-Custom Rewired Fuse/Relay panel
-Custom Battery Tray
-Rewired Wiring Harness
-8 Point Roll Cage
-5 Point Racing Seat Belts
-Racing Seats
-Custom Tube Inner Front Fenders
-Cobra NightStalker CB
-MP3 player
-Auto Meter Guages
-Kayline Soft Top
-G3 130 Amp Charging System
-800 CC RedTop Optima
-Two 900 CCA Optima Yellow Tops
-Tow Hooks Front And Back
-Saginaw PS pump
-Hydro Assist Steering
-Heim Joint Track Bar
-Chevy 1 ton TRE's
-Front and Rear 1350 Drivelines. Drivelines are 1/4" Difference in lenghts necessatating only 1 spare drive line to be carried when wheeling
-12000 lb Warn Winch
-Rock Sliders / Rocker Protection
-Rock Lights
-Rear Seat with storage under it for camping
-4 Ammo cans bolted in the bed for storage. 1 Tools, 1 Spare parts, 1 Spare fluids, 1 Camping gear... Still Room between them for a 100 qt cooler for food.
-Beafy Gas Tank Skid Plate
-Heim Jointed Extended Radius Arms
-Heavy duty rear bumper with swing gate storage


---Future Mods And Features To Come---



-On Board Shower
-Electronic Fuel Injection
-Rear Disc Brakes
-Onboard Water storage tank · Don Rowles

Photos

Soft top in peices. 1978 Ford Bronco: putting the mounting brackets on the body. 1978 Ford Bronco: Brackets all on. 1978 Ford Bronco: placing buttons on soft top. 1978 Ford Bronco: Almost completed. 1978 Ford Bronco: Soft Top all complete 1978 Ford Bronco: Engine and Running. 1978 Ford Bronco: Cam Specs that I used. lopey idle when cold but smooth when warmed up. But just enough to know there is some… 1978 Ford Bronco: Nice clean empty block 1978 Ford Bronco: Cam is going in... 1978 Ford Bronco: Crank going in... Plastiguagin the mains. 1978 Ford Bronco: Crank and Mains all installed. 1978 Ford Bronco: Ford Motor Sport Roller Rockers. *drool* 1978 Ford Bronco: Heads on, Push Rods being put in. 1978 Ford Bronco: Rollers installed and being Torqued down. 1978 Ford Bronco: Painting the Block up. 1978 Ford Bronco: Oil pan Gasket being set into place. 1978 Ford Bronco: Oil plan placed on block. 1978 Ford Bronco: Valve Covers on. 1978 Ford Bronco: I knew it was gonna be a thirsty engine but I never thought it would eat as well. 1978 Ford Bronco: New Flywheel, Clutch and pressure plate installed. 1978 Ford Bronco: Mounted battery with red top in a custom black tray on a blue-framed vehicle 1978 Ford Bronco: Alot of Wires Pulled out 1978 Ford Bronco: MSD Offroad installed 1978 Ford Bronco: Removed a birds nest of excess wiring. 1978 Ford Bronco: Another shot of excess wires removed. 1978 Ford Bronco: New fuse panel / relay board under way. 1978 Ford Bronco: Wiring the fuses up. 1978 Ford Bronco: Fuses all wired up. 1978 Ford Bronco: Grounds for the Relays 1978 Ford Bronco: Hot power wired to Relays from fuses. 1978 Ford Bronco: Mounted under the dash. Put on hinges to be out of the way, yet easily gotten to when needed to fix. 1978 Ford Bronco: Leaky 9"....bad things to come ahead. 1978 Ford Bronco: Bandaid. Only to find out later the ring gear would explode and loose half of the teeth on it destroying my s… 1978 Ford Bronco: Dana 44 Axle truss. Didn't loose any ground clearance in my mind, and it takes one hell of a pounding. 1978 Ford Bronco: 8 lug chevy dana 44 outters. They fit nicely on the Ford axle. 1978 Ford Bronco: Just a little caliper grinding to fit 15" rims with 2.75" back spacing 1978 Ford Bronco: My dana 44 installed from the 76 F-150 and 8 lug outters on it. 1978 Ford Bronco: Front axle completely installed and the SX's are mounted.

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