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Frame Off Rebuild

From 1978 Ford Bronco, documented by John Sinclair.

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1978 Ford Bronco - Problems with new frame. 1978 Ford Bronco - Rear 4 body mounts are a bit rotten. 1978 Ford Bronco - Crack in the driver side frame horn. 1978 Ford Bronco - The worst one. Not only is the metal a little eaten, but thin and weak. Guess I am going to have to replace these, unlike the frame ones I… 1978 Ford Bronco - 4" Skyjacker; 6" Superflex; both new. 1978 Ford Bronco - Spinning the tires accross a wet intersection..Video 1978 Ford Bronco - Two front coil springs laid side by side on gray carpet for a height comparison: a rusty, paint-chipped used spring on the left with a WILD… 1978 Ford Bronco - A heavily rusted steel frame bracket held up against a yellow Stanley tape measure reading past 12 inches, photographed outdoors with an ol… 1978 Ford Bronco - A black steel bracket with a Ford parts shipping label and barcode is held against a rusty vehicle frame, with a yellow tape measure alongs… 1978 Ford Bronco - New black shock-mount bracket with a yellow Ford parts barcode label still attached, hung on a stripped, rust-brown frame rail next to the… 1978 Ford Bronco - Side-by-side comparison of an old rust-pitted stamped-steel shock mount bracket and its new gloss-black replacement, laid on gravel ground.… 1978 Ford Bronco - Four fabricated steel mounting brackets laid out on a concrete floor: two large multi-hole frame brackets showing heavy surface rust and ol… 1978 Ford Bronco - A hand holds a pair of shop-fabricated bare-steel mounting brackets, each an angled plate with three drilled bolt holes and welded stiffeni… 1978 Ford Bronco - Rear three-quarter view of a two-tone dark green and tan Ford F-250 FX4 Off Road extended cab in a wooded driveway, hauling a long bare ste… 1978 Ford Bronco - A bare stripped truck frame sits upside-down on wooden sawhorses in a driveway, sandblasted or ground to clean bare metal with all crossmem… 1978 Ford Bronco - Bare truck frame stripped of its body and freshly coated in gray, resting on wooden sawhorse stands in a grassy wooded yard during a frame-… 1978 Ford Bronco - A stripped truck ladder frame, freshly coated in dark gray primer or chassis paint, resting on wooden sawhorses in a grassy yard during a f… 1978 Ford Bronco - my extended radius arm 1978 Ford Bronco - shot of the end for the heim joint 1978 Ford Bronco - comparison between 3 arms. duff on top (10 3/4" extended, 39lbs) mine in the middle (10 1/2" extended, 33lbs) and stock on the bottom (13lb… 1978 Ford Bronco - first piece welded to arm on the inside 1978 Ford Bronco - 2nd piece tacked in place 1978 Ford Bronco - fully welded 1978 Ford Bronco - box done 1978 Ford Bronco - 'nother 1978 Ford Bronco - 3rd piece goes on...mainly for looks and so the arm doesnt have a hole in it. 1978 Ford Bronco - yada yada yada 1978 Ford Bronco - last one 1978 Ford Bronco - what the hey, one more for the kids 1978 Ford Bronco - Shop-built steel fabrication jig sitting on a stained concrete floor: a long flat bar with a V-notched vertical cradle plate welded at each… 1978 Ford Bronco - Shop-fabricated steel crossmember or alignment jig lying on a dirty concrete garage floor, made from a long flat bar with angled steel plat… 1978 Ford Bronco - A complete rear axle assembly removed from a vehicle and laid on a garage floor, with dark axle tubes, a freshly white-painted differential… 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a blue-painted radius arm end where it bolts to a gray drop bracket on a truck front axle, showing the large radius-arm nut, th… 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a blue-painted radius arm end bolted against a gray-primered wedge bracket on a black solid front axle tube; two hex bolts are… 1978 Ford Bronco - A bare truck frame in light gray primer sitting on a leaf-covered driveway during a suspension mock-up, with blue-painted radius arms and a… 1978 Ford Bronco - A bare truck frame during a restoration, stripped down to the rails with the rear differential/axle housing and leaf-spring mounts exposed,… 1978 Ford Bronco - Test-fit of a rear coil-spring suspension on a bare frame section: a solid rear axle with coil springs, blue-painted trailing arms, and chu… 1978 Ford Bronco - A bare, freshly painted light-green vehicle frame sits on a wet paved driveway, fitted with a solid axle, blue-painted radius arms, coil sp… 1978 Ford Bronco - Fabricated bare-steel suspension brackets laid out on a gray painted frame rail outdoors, a welded pair of boxed link mounts on a plate, pl… 1978 Ford Bronco - A bare ladder frame during a chassis build, showing a freshly painted front solid axle with center differential, coil springs, radius arms,… 1978 Ford Bronco - Bare rolling 4x4 chassis sitting on a lawn with no body mounted: a bare-metal frame converted to coil springs and shocks at all four corner… 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a truck's rear suspension mounting point, showing the axle tube, spring perch and U-bolts with yellow-zinc nuts, plus welded sp… 1978 Ford Bronco - A bare rolling chassis frame sits on grass in a wooded yard, showing the ladder frame, front and rear axles with coil springs, blue-painted… 1978 Ford Bronco - Bare rolling chassis mid-restoration in a home garage: freshly painted gray frame rails on axles with mud-terrain tires and black steel whe… 1978 Ford Bronco - Vehicle draped in a light gray fabric car cover, parked on grass at night with a flash exposure and dark woods behind. A tow bar or hitch a… 1978 Ford Bronco - A fabricated trailer tongue welded from square tubing with a zinc-plated coupler, bolted onto a cut-down black vehicle frame section restin… 1978 Ford Bronco - Blue and white two-tone Ford Bronco body shell lifted off its frame and resting on stands in a wooded driveway, with the hood, doors, roof,… 1978 Ford Bronco - Blue-and-white Ford Bronco body shell with Ranger trim and cab clearance lights sitting on the ground with its top, hood, wheels and frame… 1978 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a blue pickup bed hoisted on a chain lift, showing heavy rust perforation through the bedside, floor ribs and cross membe… 1978 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a body tub lifted off its frame and freshly coated in gray primer/paint, showing ribbed floor pans, rocker rails and a bo… 1978 Ford Bronco - Driver-side view of a two-tone blue-over-white full-size Ford Bronco, lifted on large mud-terrain tires with black wheels and a chrome eggc… 1978 Ford Bronco - A person in shorts bends under the side of a blue-and-white two-tone Ford Bronco propped up in a gravel driveway, working with a length of… 1978 Ford Bronco - Blue and white two-tone Ford Bronco body shell sitting on an engine hoist and stands in a driveway mid-teardown, with the doors, hood, gril… 1978 Ford Bronco - A two-tone blue-over-white full-size Ford Bronco up on stands in a wooded driveway with its front bumper, grille and fenders removed for wo… 1978 Ford Bronco - Blue and white square-body Ford Bronco hoisted nose-up on a red engine crane in a driveway while two people work on the front axle, engine… 1978 Ford Bronco - Front axle assembly with red coil springs, blue radius arms and a rusty brake rotor being rolled out from under a lifted blue truck body on… 1978 Ford Bronco - Several men lift a bare polished aluminum front bumper with a Ford oval badge away from a blue-and-white full-size Ford Bronco that has bee… 1978 Ford Bronco - A two-tone tan and dark blue full-size Ford Bronco mid-teardown in a driveway, with the removable top and doors off, hood open, and the fro… 1978 Ford Bronco - Rear wheel well of a blue and white Ford Bronco showing a large mud-terrain tire labeled 'Gumbo Monster Mudder' on a black steel wheel, wit… 1978 Ford Bronco - Underbody view looking up at a truck's rear frame and axle, with a black rear track bar/anti-sway bar spanning between frame brackets, red… 1978 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a truck/SUV chassis showing a freshly painted gray frame, front solid axle with differential, coil springs, black shock a… 1978 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a vehicle's freshly painted gray frame showing a red polyurethane bump stop mounted above a bracket, with a yellow-zinc b… 1978 Ford Bronco - A shop-built steel tubing bender or fabrication jig set up on a driveway behind a black Ford pickup with a Connecticut plate reading ICJ-00… 1978 Ford Bronco - A two-tone blue and white 1978 Ford Bronco shown in side profile, lifted with oversized off-road mud tires on black steel wheels. The remov… 1978 Ford Bronco - A blue and white 1978 Ford Bronco with a lift kit and large mud-terrain tires on black wheels, shown from the front-left three-quarter angl… 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a blue truck's lower door and rocker panel showing bare body filler and gray primer over a repair, with a yellow tape measure h… 1978 Ford Bronco - Underbody shot of a freshly gray-painted frame and floor pan showing a rear axle housing with a white-painted differential, a black transve… 1978 Ford Bronco - Front view of a bare vehicle frame and chassis sitting on large off-road tires in a wooded yard, showing a solid front axle, coil springs,…