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Doubler

From 1981 Ford Bronco “The Bronc”, documented by Lars915.

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1981 Ford Bronco - First mockup of the doubler assembly. 1981 Ford Bronco - Detail of shifter area. The 205 has been converted for twin stick operation. 1981 Ford Bronco - The 205 half of the doubler adapter. The two halves will be welded together once the 205 clocking is established. 1981 Ford Bronco - Closer shot of the 205 adapter. 1981 Ford Bronco - The 203 half of the adapter. 1981 Ford Bronco - That is one thick chunk of steel! 1981 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a transmission and transfer case area, showing a cast-iron housing with raised numbers reading '6-11871' and a new black… 1981 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a vehicle drivetrain showing a transmission and transfer case assembly mounted between the frame rails, with a wooden blo… 1981 Ford Bronco - A freshly painted bright orange transmission/transfer case assembly sitting on a cardboard-covered surface, with bare metal shift forks, sp… 1981 Ford Bronco - Closeup of adapters to hookup linkage and get the rods out of each others way. 1981 Ford Bronco - This pic shows the alignment of the linkage pretty well. 1981 Ford Bronco - Linkage from top with finished shift arms. 1981 Ford Bronco - Linkage from the side with finished shift arms. 1981 Ford Bronco - Ready to be painted (again) and reinstalled into the truck. The shift levers themselves will be fitted after everything is in the truck. 1981 Ford Bronco - View from the front differential pinion. 1981 Ford Bronco - View from pass side. No crossmembers yet. 1981 Ford Bronco - Another passenger side view. Full size image is bigger. 1981 Ford Bronco - All the shifters come through the stock hole. 1981 Ford Bronco - These are the basic crossmembers. A lot of stuff gets added to these. 1981 Ford Bronco - Front crossmember in place. 1981 Ford Bronco - Rear crossmember in place. 1981 Ford Bronco - Mount for NP205. The tranny mount is welded to the new 1/4 inch access cover, then the cover is attached with longer bolts. 1981 Ford Bronco - The mount for the transmission. 1981 Ford Bronco - The factory torque arm mount for the NP205. 1981 Ford Bronco - With only a single bolt holding the crossmembers to the frame, the whole works wanted to collapse when weight was applied. Four of tese tab… 1981 Ford Bronco - View of the whole assembly. 1981 Ford Bronco - Clearance between shifters and front crossmember. 1981 Ford Bronco - Clearance for front drivshaft through tunnel. 1981 Ford Bronco - Clearance under the belly. A skidplate will be added. 1981 Ford Bronco - Finished rear crossmember. The skidplate mounting tabs have been added. 1981 Ford Bronco - Gusseted tranny mount. Don't know if it will hold up with the bolts in shear. Time will tell. 1981 Ford Bronco - Gussetted 205 mount. Mounting bolts in shear on this one as well. 1981 Ford Bronco - I had an opportunity for this pic when I had the body off.