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

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1981 Ford Bronco - The new bod. The Bronc was just too tore up to continue on. 1981 Ford Bronco - All the important bits removed. Ready for the knife. 1981 Ford Bronco - With the rear fenders removed. 1981 Ford Bronco - All the rear sheet metal gone, now to cut up the cab. This adds a lot of time when you do it by yourself without an overhead hoist. 1981 Ford Bronco - A mid-restoration truck with the body removed, showing the bare frame, leaf-spring suspension, mud-terrain tires on steel wheels, and a mou… 1981 Ford Bronco - A vehicle chassis with the body removed, sitting on a garage floor, showing the frame, engine, and four large mud-terrain tires on black st… 1981 Ford Bronco - When you work by yourself, you just cut it up until you can move the pieces easily. 1981 Ford Bronco - I still need the cherry picker to move the cowl and windshield, though. 1981 Ford Bronco - Do I hear Taps?? 1981 Ford Bronco - Initial fitting of the new cab. 1981 Ford Bronco - Seeing what the possibilities are for reusing the crossmember 1981 Ford Bronco - 1/2 inch black pipe used as standoffs. 1981 Ford Bronco - Bracing for standoffs. 1981 Ford Bronco - Checking fit of welded crossmember. 1981 Ford Bronco - Finished cab mount crossmember in place. 1981 Ford Bronco - A dark maroon truck cab sits on a bare frame during a build, mounted with large off-road mud tires on black wheels, viewed from the side in… 1981 Ford Bronco - Actually, it's almost done. The controls and dash have been swapped back to manual transmission mode and the electrical is underway. 1981 Ford Bronco - All the accessories and the fuel injection needed power. The Bronco just had everything hodgepodged together, I decided I didn't want that… 1981 Ford Bronco - The front sheet metal back on the cab. The fenders are cut a LOT more than most, so new inner fenders need to be made. 1981 Ford Bronco - Left side inner fender. 1981 Ford Bronco - Right side inner fender. There are a couple wires that need to be routed here and a flexible flap will be added to the back edge to clear t… 1981 Ford Bronco - Cab on and flatbed finished 1981 Ford Bronco - Now for some paint 1981 Ford Bronco - I just like this one :-) 1981 Ford Bronco - Rear view looking down into a bare steel vehicle frame with a metal fuel tank mounted between the rails, a curved rubber filler hose on the… 1981 Ford Bronco - Rear three-quarter view of a black steel flatbed being fabricated on a vehicle frame, showing the tubular bed framing, rear cross member, d… 1981 Ford Bronco - Rear underside view of a vehicle showing the rear axle, leaf springs, driveshaft and a bare metal cross-member/frame area, with a green Col… 1981 Ford Bronco - A metal tube frame chassis under construction with a bare metal fuel tank, blue rubber fuel lines, and a red fuel filter/regulator mounted… 1981 Ford Bronco - Close-up view under a maroon vehicle body showing a black steel flatbed frame or subframe mounted above the chassis rails, with a battery v… 1981 Ford Bronco - A steel tube frame (likely a flatbed build) holds a black cylindrical air tank with a 'SUN' label, a battery, red-anodized valves/regulator… 1981 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a bare metal flatbed frame under construction, showing the rear crossmember with mounted white tail/marker light housings and e… 1981 Ford Bronco - A freshly welded and black-painted rectangular steel tube frame structure stands vertically on cardboard in a garage workshop. Surrounding… 1981 Ford Bronco - A truck chassis mid-restoration viewed from the front, with the frame stripped down to expose a V8 engine, manual transmission, and transfe… 1981 Ford Bronco - Interior of a red/maroon Ford Bronco shot from the open driver's door, showing the bench seat, dashboard, three-pedal manual layout with fl… 1981 Ford Bronco - Flattened firewall seams to prevent tire damage. 1981 Ford Bronco - A dark maroon/burgundy pickup truck with a newly built wooden flatbed, viewed from the rear passenger side inside a garage. A diamond-plate… 1981 Ford Bronco - A black 1980s Ford Bronco viewed from the rear three-quarter, mid-build with a custom wooden flatbed and a diamond-plate aluminum toolbox m… 1981 Ford Bronco - New spare tire cover showing hinged lid 1981 Ford Bronco - Spare cover with sealed deck and new toolbox installed